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Peter Mandelson FAILED security vetting and Starmer appointed him anyway: what did Sir Keir know and when?
Did Keir Starmer really not know Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting — or is Downing Street’s defence simply impossible to believe?
In this episode of The Julia Hartley Brewer Podcast, Julia is joined by commentator Dan Hodges and former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith to dissect the growing row over Peter Mandelson’s appointment, the claims that officials knew for weeks, and the extraordinary questions now hanging over the Prime Minister’s judgment.
If Mandelson was considered too high-risk for the usual clearance process, how was he allowed into one of the most sensitive…
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