Is Mandelson vetting scandal the final straw for Starmer? – The Latest

曼德尔森审查丑闻是否成为斯塔默的最后一根稻草?——最新消息

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2026-04-18

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Keir Starmer says it is ‘staggering’ and ‘unforgivable’ that he was not told Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting before taking up the role of US ambassador. The comments follow a Guardian investigation that exclusively revealed Mandelson had initially been denied clearance after a background check by security officials, but that the decision was overruled by the Foreign Office. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s head of investigations, Paul Lewis – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • it 's a division of the Cabinet Office, vetted Mandelson and it had three options.

  • The notion that senior officials could make a decision of this magnitude and not inform a minister,

  • So it could either give him clearance.

  • let alone the prime minister, I think will strike many people as extraordinary.

  • That was the first.

  • That I wasn't told that Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting when he's appointed.

  • The second was it could give him clearance with mitigation.

  • It's staggering.

  • So to mitigate against some of the perceived risk factors.

  • All of this just raises the question about who is in charge.

  • And the third was to.

  • Is it the people we elect to government, to parliament?