Starmer's vision quest

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[TailWindHome]

What I don't get about the whole Mandelson thing is, even as the graun delivers the standard issue Captain Mainwaring:

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it also quotes, in the same article, one 'Ciaran Martin, a former senior civil servant with past involvement in vetting work', as saying:

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So, which is it? Are they supposed to tell ministers or aren't they?

They've 2 options as it was explained to me

1 Clear the candidate- DV stays confidential

2 Refuse clearance - Tell the vettee's line manager why (who I'd guess is the Foreign Min in this case)(disclosure limited to precise reason for refusing)

 

[Psamathe]

What I don't get about the whole Mandelson thing is, even as the graun delivers the standard issue Captain Mainwaring:

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it also quotes, in the same article, one 'Ciaran Martin, a former senior civil servant with past involvement in vetting work', as saying:

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So, which is it? Are they supposed to tell ministers or aren't they?

Were I to be "interviewed" about some of my friends for Developed Vetting and politicians were to be told the results I'd say nothing. Politicians have the protection of Parliamentary Privilege and some use that protection. It can involve pretty detailed personal stuff and isn't only recent past. Politicians do politics and Developed Vetting has nothing to do with politics but is about how much an individual can be trusted. Politicians have no training nor talent to assess security risk and effective mitigation.