Peter Mandelson: ‘Woke cancel culture went too far’

Lord Peter Mandelson, UK ambassador to the US, talks to FT editor Roula Khalaf about striking the first trade deal with Donald Trump’s administration, and outlines ambitions for a UK-US tech partnership centred on AI and quantum computing. Speaking at the FTWeekend festival in Washington DC, the former EU commissioner discusses the losses and limited gains of Boris Johnson’s ‘terrible’ Brexit deal. Dubbed the ‘prince of darkness’ for helping previous Labour PM Tony Blair win power, he urges the US to face up to China on trade and security in conjunction with the UK and its other western allies.