Can Keir Starmer survive the Mandelson vetting scandal? Bonus episode

基尔·斯塔默能否度过曼德尔森审查丑闻的考验?加长版剧集

World in 10

2026-04-18

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Everything you need to know about the latest instalment of the Mandelson scandal. What Labour MPs are saying about Keir Starmer; our verdict on whether he can survive it, and why Patrick thinks the prime minister is doing "the political equivalent of smoking outside a hospital". Steven Swinford, political editor, The Times Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator, The Times Lara Spirit, deputy political editor, The Sunday Times Producer: Harry Kitson Executive producer: Molly Guinness Picture credit: Getty Images Audio: Reuters, x.com/KemiBadenoch, x.com/Nigel_Farage This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • com forward slash events to find out more that i was n't told that peter mandelson had failed security vetting

  • when he 's appointed is staggering.

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  • They knew that Peter Mandelson had failed vetting and they still sent him to Washington.

  • If he 's saying he did n't know, he is telling the country that he is incompetent

  • and that means he should n't be running the government.

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