Has Starmer’s sacking of Olly Robbins backfired? – podcast
After Keir Starmer’s statement to the Commons and gripping evidence from the sacked top civil servant Olly Robbins, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey talk about how the story of Peter Mandelson’s vetting for his job as UK ambassador to the US, which was first broken by the Guardian last Thursday, has unfolded this week
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2026/apr/23/has-starmer-sacking-of-olly-robbins-backfired-podcast">Continue reading...Mandelson Vetting Scandal Escalates
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