Starmer on Sept 10th: "Full due process was followed during this appointment" Starmer on Feb 5th: "There was then security vetting carried out independently by the security services, which is an intensive exercise that gave [Mandelson] clearance for the role" He was lying.

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…

This Mandelson vetting story isn't just about the Prime Minister's judgement or honesty. This is about a HUGE national security breach. The UK ambassador to the US undergoes high level vetting because he/she has access to our most vital defence, security and economic state

I don’t believe it, it makes no sense whatsoever!

🚨 NEW: The Independent's Political Editor, David Maddox, has published messages showing No 10 was told last September that Peter Mandelson may have failed security vetting

What do I think really happened with Mandelson and vetting? In October, November and December 2024, No10 indicated it wanted to appoint Peter Mandelson as Ambassador to Washington. It was presented with an array of people telling them not to: Cabinet ministers, spooks,

Keir Starmer on Boris: “They paint a picture that actually leads to the Prime Minister and the buck stops with him.” Remember this Keir Starmer? Sue Gray. Morgan McSweeney. Tim Allan. Sir Chris Wormald. Now Olly Robbins. When does the buck stop with you, Keir?

Starmer’s position untenable.

Inside the Mandelson vetting fiasco - our deep dive this weekend * Cat Little, the permanent secretary at the cabinet office, spent weeks attempting to extract Mandelson's vetting report from the foreign office but to no avail * Olly Robbins, who has now been sacked as perm sec

It gets worse: Downing Street also tried to get Matthew Doyle - a close friend of Mandelson - a job working for the new ambassador in Washington. Remember - Doyle was asked by the PM to investigate Mandelson's responses about links to Jeffrey Epstein during 'due dilligence'