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Best explanation so far of Starmer/Mandelson mess?

1/ #Starmer did NOT want #Mandelson as ambassador
2/ Someone (probably #McSweeney) with leverage over Starmer DID want Mandy
3/ Starmer was too spineless to refuse, or even to say "vetting first"
4/ Starmer reckoned he needn't refuse, .'cos #Mandy would fail vetting
5/ New boy #Robbins misread Starmer as honest
6/ Robbins approved Mandy as a misjudged favour to Starmer, who really wanted the choice to NOT work.
7/ Shit hits fans.

#ukpol

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Well, SOMEBODY is lying their heads off - & I don't think it's Sir Oliver #Robbins! What would be his #motivation? He didn't have one! He was TOLD to approve the #appointment of Peter #Mandelson, no matter what the #security #vetting said, or didn't say, & now he's just been made a #scapegoat.
https://theconversation.com/mandelson-vetting-scandal-why-whitehall-is-the-worst-of-all-worlds-when-it-comes-to-accountability-281159. "Starmer & his #allies have argued that #Robbins did not tell the [PM] about concerns raised in the #vetting #process as he should have. In giving #evidence to MPs, Robbins said that #Number10 took a 'dismissive' approach to the vetting process. He also said that he was under 'constant pressure' to approve Mandelson’s clearance due to this being a #political #priority for #Starmer. Mandelson’s #appointment was announced #publicly before the vetting took place."
Mandelson vetting scandal: why Whitehall is the worst of all worlds when it comes to accountability

Behind speculation around Starmer’s future stands a deeper set of constitutional questions regarding accountability and standards in public life.

The Conversation

Wow! Who saw this coming?

Olly #Robbins didn't produce a smoking gun to sink #Starmer over #Mandelson. He gave more detail of ugly pressure to appoint Mandelson, but nothing explosive.

And then Robbins revealed that a second dodgy, pal-of-paedo Labour croney was being lined up for an ambassador job. #MatthewDoyle was just a party hack, an insider comms dude, but being lined up for an actual amassadorship. #YCMTSU

#SNP Westminster leader #StephenFlynn is right. Starmer should resign today.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/21/olly-robbins-peter-mandelson-vetting-keir-starmer. "The sacked senior civil servant Oliver #Robbins has said he was subject to 'constant pressure' when he arrived in the #ForeignOffice to get Peter #Mandelson in post as soon as possible. He said the #CabinetOffice urged the Foreign Office to allow Mandelson’s #appointment as the UK’s #ambassador to the #US without the usual #vetting #process but the Foreign Office pushed back & the vetting eventually went ahead." Who in the Cabinet Office was doing this?
Olly Robbins says he faced ‘constant pressure’ to get Mandelson in post

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

The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/apr/21/olly-robbins-peter-mandelson-vetting-keir-starmer-uk-politics-latest-news-updates. "[The] #CabinetOffice suggested #Mandelson did not even need #security #vetting, #Robbins tells MPs... 'After the announcement, I believe the Cabinet Office (CO) raised whether Developed Vetting (DV) was actually necessary. I understand the #FCDO insisted that DV was a #requirement before Mandelson took up his post in #Washington.'" This all gets murkier, doesn't it? Talk about muddied waters!
Badenoch calls for Starmer to resign after sacked Foreign Office chief’s Mandelson evidence to MPs – live

Olly Robbins was sacked as Foreign Office permanent secretary over the Peter Mandelson security vetting revelations in the Guardian

the Guardian

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Book excerpt: "The Let Them Theory" by Mel Robbins

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