Keir Starmer and Peter Mandelson are ruthlessly mocked in AI cover of

Sir Keir Starmer and Peter Mandelson have been mocked in a new AI song video by online pranksters amid the Jeffrey Epstein scandal threatening the PM’s time in office.

This time the duo behind the Crewkerne Gazette spoof site have reworked Barry Manilow’s classic piano ballad Mandy, imagining it as performed by Sir Keir while the video shows him with shamed ex-peer Mandelson.

The Crewkerne Gazette has previously created AI videos parodying pop songs and showing new lyrics performed by the likes of Angela Rayner, Rachel Reeves, David Lammy and the King – attracting tens of millions of views.

The spoof comes amid mounting pressure on Sir Keir – and speculation about Labour MP moves to topple him as PM – amid the Mandelson and Epstein scandal.

New revelations about Mandelson’s ongoing communications following the shamed financier’s conviction and jailing on child prostitution charges have been revealed in the latest release of more than 3million Epstein-related documents.

Emails in the tranche appear to show Lord Mandelson passing potentially market-sensitive information to the financier in 2009, while he was Business Secretary in Gordon Brown’s government.

Now a new video was shared to the Crewkerne Gazette’s 24,000 X followers, adding: ‘Is it resignation time yet? Here’s Mandy, Keir Starmer sings the Barry Manilow classic to Peter Mandelson, as the Epstein scandal refuses to fade into the background.’

The video features a mock-up of Sir Keir sitting at a piano singing a rewrite of the ballad that was a US number one for Manilow in 1974, hitting number 11 in the UK.

Sir Keir Starmer is depicted at a piano singing a rewritten version of Barry Manilow’s 1974 hit Mandy in the latest video created with the help of AI by spoof site, the Crewtherne Gazette

Peter Mandelson, losing his peerage amid the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, is shown in a red gown

Mandelson is depicted as appearing in a red gown, before the pair are shown in follow-up scenes including frolicking on a hill and riding a horse.

Lyrics include a new version of the chorus, saying: ‘Oh, Mandy – well, you came and you lied without breaking, but I sent you away.

‘Oh, Mandy – well, you leaked to Jeff and stopped me from shaking, and I need you today – oh, Mandy.’

Verses have such lines as ‘The night goes into morning, just another day – Tories grilling my way’ and ‘I’m standing on the edge of resign – I walked away when spin was mine’.

The Gazette describes itself as ‘the sharp end of Somerset – a politically incorrect, AI-fuelled, chaos-driven newcomer, where truth and satire dance together, like drunks at The White Hart’.

That refers to a pub in Crewkerne, with the site set up by two thirtysomething friends who met at Yeovil College as teenagers.

They have dubbed themselves ‘shadow creators, working mostly behind the curtain’, insisting on anonymity for security purposes.

Sir Keir admitted at Wednesday’s PMQs that he appointed Lord Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador to the US last February despite knowing he had stayed friends with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Sir Keir Starmer and Peter Mandelson are shown riding a horse in the new AI-aided video

Sir Keir appointed Mandelson as US ambassador last February then sacked him in September

Sir Keir admitted that he appointed Lord Mandelson (left) as US ambassador despite knowing he stayed friends with Jeffrey Epstein (right) after the financier was jailed

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Downing Street confirmed the PM also knew that Mandelson had continued to stay at Epstein’s house while the businessman was in prison for child sexual abuse offences and after he was released.

It is understood that when Mandelson was appointed towards the end of 2024, Sir Keir was handed a two-page document by the Cabinet Office ethics team, summarising the well-rehearsed conflicts of issues and previous scandals.

Sir Keir insisted he acted swiftly to sack Mandelson last September when it emerged he had advised Epstein to appeal against his conviction for soliciting a minor.

It has now emerged in the latest Epstein documents that Mandelson had been

He told MPs he was ‘as angry as the public’ about the conduct of his former ally. ‘He lied repeatedly to my team when asked about his relationship with Epstein… I regret appointing him.’

Mandelson, who is losing his peerage and place on the Privy Council, has denied the documents show he broke any laws or acted for personal gain. He has repeatedly said he regrets his friendship with Epstein.

Dame Emily Thornberry, Labour chairman of the foreign affairs committee, said the fiasco could have been avoided if the PM had allowed Mandelson to be interviewed by MPs such as herself, instead of rushing through the political appointment.

Lyrics sung by the Keir Starmer creation in the new video include: ‘Oh, Mandy – well, you leaked to Jeff and stopped me from shaking and I need you today – oh, Mandy’

The pub-going pals from a Somerset town behind the ingenious viral videos skewering calamity Cabinet

John McDonnell, ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s former shadow chancellor, told Sky News the PM should quit.

He said: ‘I’ve never called for him to go but I have lost confidence in him. The decisions around Mandelson pushed me over the edge.’

Earlier viral videos by the Crewkerne Gazette include two from last October depicting Rachel Reeves – including one alongside ex-Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.

The Chancellor had already become an unlikely rap ‘star’ in an artificial intelligence video after being accused of breaking the law by renting out her family home without a licence since entering Downing Street.

Ms Reeves referred herself to the independent ethics adviser and had to admit her error to the Prime Minister after inquiries by the Daily Mail.

Avideo was widely shared online, making fun of the cabinet minister while purporting to have her boasting about the breach – showing her suggesting in a rap: ‘I don’t have a licence.’

That was then followed up by the spoof account duo who posted: ‘It’s The Crewkerne Gazette’s two biggest stars brought together for the duet that you never wanted or asked for – Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves, Scandal Queens.’

The clip shows the pair appearing along with Sir Keir in a parody of Robin Thicke’s worldwide chart-topping single Blurred Lines – renamed ‘Scandal Lines’.

Previous videos from the Crewkerne Gazette featured a rapping Rachel Reeves

The Rayner video has more than 10 million views worldwide and generated endless Press coverage

It’s the Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner show! AI video pokes fun at scandal-hit Labour ministers

Lyrics include: ‘If you can’t hear what we’re trying to say, Keir’s throwing mud near Downing Way.

‘Maybe we’ve lost the way, maybe we’re on page five, maybe we’ve killed the vibe.’

The chorus runs: ‘Scandal queens – we know you’ve seen it.’

Another video posted by the site showed Justice Secretary appearing to cover Britney Spears’ Oops I Did It Again, switching from legal robes to red latex.

The lyrics then include: ‘Oops, I’ve freed them again. I let out two cons and blamed all the Tories – ooh, Lammy Lammy.’

Other AI creations by the Crewkerne pair have mocked up Sir Keir sporting Boy George plaits and singing ‘Karma Starmeleon’.

Another had Nigel Farage DJ-ing to Bo Selecta in a rotating wardrobe of beige blouson jackets, heavy gold necklaces and white fur coats.

That one was then reposted online by the Reform UK leader himself.

The Crewkerne Gazette describes itself as ‘the sharp end of Somerset – a politically incorrect, AI-fuelled, chaos-driven newcomer, where truth and satire dance together’

Justice Secretary David Lammy was depicted covering Britney Spears’ 2000 hit Oops!… I Did It Again in another AI-generated satire from the Crewkerne Gazette

Meanwhile, ‘King Chas’ has been shown rapping about nature in a snug-fitting tracksuit, with lines such as: ‘Talk to plants, yeah – them daisies ain’t lyin’.’

One of those behind the videos, calling himself ‘Crewkerne Man’, told the Daily Mail last November: ‘I consider these pieces a work of art.

‘They can take hours, if not days, to create and build. It isn’t just a case of sticking it all into an app and letting it do the work.’

The pair rewrite the lyrics to well-known songs and do the singing themselves, before changing their voices to avoid recognition and getting AI to add the rest.

The toxic timeline

1999 The year that Andrew said he first met Epstein, introduced by Ghislaine Maxwell. He visited Epstein’s private island in February.

2002 An article in New York Magazine said Lord Mandelson attended a party at Epstein’s Manhattan home alongside Donald Trump.First emails in the Epstein files between Mandelson and Epstein begin, when he wrote a memo encouraging Tony Blair to meet Epstein.

2003 Mandelson wrote a message to Epstein describing him as his ‘best pal’. Bank statements appear to show that from 2003 to 2004 Epstein paid £54,750 into accounts of which Mandelson was believed to be a beneficiary.

2006 As police in Florida suggest Epstein should be charged with four counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, Lord Mandelson tells him: ‘I am here whenever you need.’

2008 Epstein is sentenced to 18 months in prison. Mandelson urges him in an email to ‘fight for early release’.

2009 Mandelson stays at Epstein’s Manhattan apartment while the paedophile is in jail, an internal report by JP Morgan bank suggests.

Epstein is released in July. Two months later, he sent Mandelson’s now husband Reinaldo Avila da Silva £10,000. On June 13 the files suggest Mandelson leaked Epstein a sensitive No10 document proposing £20billion of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans.

2010 Files suggest Mandelson forwarded minutes of a meeting between chancellor Alistair Darling and US treasury secretary Larry Summers five minutes after he received them. On May 9, he appears to give Epstein notice of a €500billion euro bailout by the EU.

2013 The last known time that Mandelson visited Epstein at his New York mansion.

2016 Documents show Mandelson remained in contact with Epstein until at least 2016.

2019 Epstein, arrested on sex trafficking charges, is found dead in his cell. In November, Andrew gives his Newsnight interview.

2022 Maxwell is jailed for 20 years in February after being convicted for her role in helping to lure and groom underage girls for Epstein to abuse.

2025 In February, Keir Starmer appoints Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the United States. He is sacked in September.