Mandelson was appointed on 20 December 2024. Olly Robbins became Perm Sec of the Foreign Office on 8 January 2025. PM should have asked about vetting before the announcement. If he was lied to, why is that Robbins’ fault? Vetting happens BEFORE an appt. Robbins wasn’t there.

Just pointing out that I broke the story 7 months ago that Mandelson failed vetting from the security services and put it to Downing Street...so the idea that Downing Street only found out on Tuesday is complete nonsense. independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

David Maddox RealityMatters Yep - someone raises in the media that a security vetting was failed - and neither the PM nor the Foreign Secretary thinks to check whether that report is correct? Lazy/incompetent/untruthful ?

Pippa Crerar David Maddox asked number 10 this question 7 months ago !!!!!!!!!!! it’s staggeringly unbelievable that he knew nothing till Tuesday

Somehow, journalists had inside information that Mandelson FAILED MI6 but Starmer and his team had no idea and were not told. It is going to be impossible for the public to swallow that the PM didn't know.

David Lammy was Foreign Secretary when Mandelson was appointed ambassador. Why isn’t he held responsible for failings in the department?

"The idea that ministers only just found out, I find hard to believe." Downing Street was asked seven months ago about Mandelson's failed vetting, so they "certainly knew" about it, says David Maddox. #TimesRadio | Ayesha Hazarika

“The claim that No 10 was completely in the dark about this, until this week, is rubbish.” The Independent’s Political Editor, David Maddox tells BBC Radio 4 PM that he told No 10 last September that Lord Mandelson may have failed security vetting.

David Maddox, The Independent, says that he knew Mandelson had failed security vetting, published an article, and contacted the head of communications at Downing Street in September So the idea that Labour's Downing Street only just found out is not true

Tomorrow's The Independent front page independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

The civil servant taking the blame for the Mandelson cover-up was in the Foreign Office His boss, the Foreign Secretary, was David Lammy. Surely he had some say in the matter? Did he give some dodgy orders? Why have I not heard anyone asking that question?

The report in the Independent that Mandelson had failed security vetting was actually raised in the Commons by Rachel Gilmour on 16 September 2025 “a source from MI6 has reportedly claimed that they failed to clear Mandelson” David Maddox

Politics UK They're priming you. Setting expectations. Making sure you know to BELIEVE it when you see it. But Starmer won't write that response. Romeo's civil service will. So the anger is scripted. The words are written. He's just performing. They coordinate the leak. Media reports it.

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL J.K. Rowling The Rest Is Politics Sarah McBride Translation: “For those who have heard JK Rowling defending women’s rights, I recommend you listen to our fawning interview with one of the men who is pissing on those rights. Don’t listen to women. You know what they’re like.”

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL J.K. Rowling The Rest Is Politics Sarah McBride Your misogyny cuts so deep that you cannot even see that you can't take women's rights half as seriously as you take male wants as you sit three men around a table to talk about why women's boundaries should be dismantled. What the fuck is wrong with you?

What better way could there be of repudiating accusations of misogyny than recommending an episode where three men instead of two discuss which rights women should be fine giving up - without, of course, mentioning the words 'women's rights.'

The warning signs were around for a long time.

That’s NOT what Sir. Olly Robbins told the select committee.

Peter Mandelson worked every day to try and prevent a redistribution of wealth and power in Britain. That is why he was rewarded with a top job. Our political system is built by - and for - a corrupt clique. We will carry on campaigning for a society that works for us all.