Mandy

[TailWindHome]

That headline doesn't say what you claim it does
Have you posted the wrong screenshot?

 

[Shortfall]

That headline doesn't say what you claim it does
Have you posted the wrong screenshot?

Do you think he'll still be PM for much longer? Multiple news sources now running the story that he did know Mandy had failed the vetting process.

 

[Psamathe]

Someone in the foreign office is going to be in trouble.

Starmer told Parliament "due process was followed". It was. His statement was true. "Due process" allows for Developed Vetting outcome to be ignored (doesn't matter who does the ignoring).

That said, it does highlight a staggering degree of incompetence and stupidity over a massively important appointment.

 

[TailWindHome]

Multiple news sources now running the story that he did know Mandy had failed the vetting process.

Which sources are running this?

 

[TailWindHome]

Do you think he'll still be PM for much longer?

I don't think today's story shifts the dial on that tbh. I'd stick with the percentages I'd posted previously

 

[UglyWithaSidePart]

Having been through developed vetting several times, it doesn't seem to be the kind of thing that could be ignored if the results were bad.

 

[TailWindHome]

10% Goes imminently
20% Goes after byelection
50% Goes after locals
5% Stumbles on until unforeseen event 2027
10% Leads Labour to massive defeat 2029
5% Stands down as condition of Lib Lab coalition 2029

My thoughts when the Mandy thing came to light first

 

[Shortfall]

Which sources are running this?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/l005864t/questions-over-mandelsons-appointment

It was the lead story on the 6 o'clock news, Mail Online running it, Talk Tv, Telegraph.

How long do you think he'll remain as PM?

 

[First Aspect]

I'm reading he wasn't actually told about the security vetting.

The devil will be in the detail. i.e. Why was the vetting ignored, and under what sort of pressure?

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

Do you think he'll still be PM for much longer? Multiple news sources now running the story that he did know Mandy had failed the vetting process.

Read the original story, it is a Guardian investigation. This outlines in detail.

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...vetting-but-foreign-office-overruled-decision

 

[Dorset Boy]

There's a lot of heat incoming to No 10 and Starmer again over this.

 

[TailWindHome]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/l005864t/questions-over-mandelsons-appointment

It was the lead story on the 6 o'clock news, Mail Online running it, Talk Tv, Telegraph.

How long do you think he'll remain as PM?

The story they are running is that he didn't know

 

[TailWindHome]

F uck me, can we not even agree on what's actually being reported

 

[Shortfall]

Read the original story, it is a Guardian investigation. This outlines in detail.

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...vetting-but-foreign-office-overruled-decision

Yes but he said on more than one occasion that due process had taken place. Even Ed Davey said that if it was true the PM was not aware Lord Mandelson had failed security vetting, he should have "told Parliament at the earliest opportunity, not waited for the media to force the truth out".
Come on. He's been found out. If he doesn't do the decent thing himself then surely someone behind the scenes will have to have a word with him in a darkened room?

 

[Shortfall]

The story they are running is that he didn't know

The story they are running is that "he says" he didn't know. Well he would say that wouldn't he?