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The End of Keir Starmer? Peter Mandelson was appointed as US ambassador - even though he FAILED security vetting

Keir Starmer is under fierce pressure after explosive claims surrounding Peter Mandelson’s appointment and the handling of his security vetting – as reports emerge that Mandelson FAILED the vetting.

Keir Starmer says (implausibly) that the Foreign Office failed to tell cabinet that he had failed.

On Talk today, Ben Habib and former Sun political editor Trevor Kavanagh tear into the Prime Minister’s defence, asking the question at the heart of the scandal: if serious concerns were raised about Mandelson, who knew what — and when? Was Downing Street genuinely kept in the dark, or is this…

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