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69 days ago

The Guardian view on Starmer and Mandelson: when process follows power | Editorial ⊕

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Olly Robbins exposed a deeper failure: when the prime minister’s decision came first, security vetting was left to catch up after the fact

It was a classic Whitehall performance: understated and explo…

Sacked civil servant discloses he overturned vetting ruling without knowing full extent of national security concerns

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The sacked senior civil servant Oliver Robbins ha…

Former Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins' evidence to parliament appeared crafted to inflict maximum pain on Keir Starmer
Sir Keir was seen grinning and shaking hands with the Queen enthusiastically, despite facing mounting pressure to resign over his handling of the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal.
Sir Olly Robbins, the former top official at the Foreign Office, said today that there was a 'dismissive approach' to Peter Mandelson's security vetting from Sir Keir Starmer's No 10.
The ex-top Foreign Office official said the risks in appointing the controversial Labour figure as U.K. ambassador to Washington were made clear to the PM before his appointment.

70 days ago

Sacked Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins to face MPs’ questions over Mandelson vetting – UK politics live ⊕

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Robbins was forced out as Foreign Office permanent secretary over the Mandelson vetting revelations in the Guardian

Good morning. In about an hour Olly Robbins will give evidence to the Commons foreig…

What questions will sacked head of the Foreign Office be asked, and what might they mean for the PM’s future?

On Monday, Keir Starmer testified in front of the Commons about what he knew about the ve…

These are all the key dates in the scandal of Sir Keir Starmer appointing Peter Mandelson as Britain's Ambassador to the US:
The Prime Minister was drowned out by mocking laughter as he acknowledged that his own version of events 'beggars belief'.

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