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Sir Keir Starmer

67 days ago

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

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…

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.
These are all the key dates in the scandal of Sir Keir Starmer appointing Peter Mandelson as Britain's Ambassador to the US:
Sir Olly Robbins is expected to defend his decision not to tell Sir Keir Starmer that Lord Mandelson failed vetting.

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