The State Of It: Starmer picks a fight with the wrong guy

它现在的状况:斯塔默与错人交手

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2026-04-22

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Sir Olly Robbins dropped bombshell after bombshell when he spoke to MPs. Robbins, who was sacked as the Foreign Office’s chief civil servant, has accused Downing Street of placing the department under constant pressure to get Lord Mandelson through vetting. He also said the prime minister had tried to find an ambassadorial job for Matthew Doyle, another Labour peer who's been in trouble for a friendship with a paedophile. Where does it all leave Sir Keir Starmer? Plus, we reveal when the next tranche of Mandelson files will be published. Steven Swinford, political editor, The TimesGabriel Pogrund, Whitehall editor, The Sunday TimesLara Spirit, deputy political editor, The Sunday Times Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson Executive producer: Molly Guinness Picture credit: Parliament TV Clips: Parliament TV 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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  • Hello, it's Luke here.

  • As you will know from listening to this morning's podcast,

  • the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, was in the House of Commons yesterday explaining why he simply

  • had to sack Sir Ollie Robbins, the head of the Foreign Office,

  • because of what he was n't told about what had happened during Peter Mandelson's security vetting.

  • Well, Sir Keir Starmer said his piece yesterday.

  • Today, Sir Ollie Robbins was up in front of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee giving.

  • His side of things.

  • And our colleagues on the State of It podcast had a listen and have discussed it on their very latest episode,