Posted on 04/16/2026 11:26:34 AM PDT by RandFan
The prime minister did not know Lord Mandelson failed security vetting for the role of US ambassador until earlier this week, the government has said.
A spokesperson said the decision to go against the recommendation of the vetting agency and allow him to take up the role was taken by officials in the Foreign Office.
Sir Keir Starmer has faced calls to resign over allegations he misled Parliament and MPs when he claimed "full due process" was followed during the appointment.
It came after the Guardian newspaper reported, external that Lord Mandelson was initially denied security clearance in late January 2025 but this was overruled by the Foreign Office to ensure the peer could take up the post.
Lord Mandelson was sacked as ambassador last year over his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
During Prime Minister's Questions on 10 September 2025, Sir Keir said three times that "full due process" was followed for the appointment.
The Ministerial Code states that ministers who knowingly mislead Parliament are expected to resign.
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Starmer is going to have to resign. Wow.
Someone even worse will take his place.
There is a lot Starmer doesn’t know and its starting to show.
Everybody knew, but Starmer is claiming “plausible deniability.”
Indeed, Mandelson was appointed BECAUSE he was part of Epstein’s network, and answered to whoever ran it.
No, they are protecting him, saying he did not know. Its BS, but he’s not resigning over this.
Even worse.
GB is broken. Completely corrupt. Islamist.
Not any kind of friend to USA.
Close the bases there. Take the money and buy Greenland.
And just take Diego Garcia in Indian Ocean.
He’s as useless, and clueless as Biden was.
Is this supposed to help him? Give him cover? LOL. Starmer is almost as bad as Charles. Do we say he is an out of touch fool who didn’t know anything? Or do we say he knew and didn’t do anything?
Forgot to add the line: “How it started.....How it’s Going”
What did Starmer not know, and when did he not know it??
Sky News Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z49G1CE2KiU
The Daily T
It’s Keir Starmer’s darkest day in office. In a statement to the Commons this afternoon, the Prime Minister apologised again for appointing Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, but stopped short of admitting to misleading the House about the vetting process. Despite the Prime Minister laying the blame squarely at the door of the Foreign Office for not telling him Mandelson’s security vetting had been rejected, on today’s Daily T podcast Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley say that the whole sorry saga is the final nail in the coffin for Starmer’s premiership, and he must resign. Elsewhere, Camilla and Tim look ahead to ousted Foreign Office civil servant Olly Robbins’s appearance before the Select Committee tomorrow, where they expect him to say that he couldn’t act on the results of Mandelson’s vetting as the Government had already announced his appointment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMt3dNk_pfc
The UK Parliament has erupted in an emergency debate over the controversial appointment of Peter Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States.
Senior Labour minister Darren Jones is expected to defend the government’s position, while Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch leads sharp criticism and demands accountability.
The debate has triggered a major political confrontation in Westminster, with lawmakers questioning the transparency, vetting process, and decision-making behind the high-profile diplomatic appointment.
This escalating controversy highlights deep divisions in UK politics and growing pressure on the government over foreign appointment procedures and accountability standards.
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