Cracks are appearing in Keir Starmer‘s Cabinet as he comes under mounting pressure over the Peter Mandelson affair.
In an extraordinary parliamentary hearing on Tuesday, a mandarin sacked by the Prime Minister revealed the ‘atmosphere of pressure’ created by No10 to approve the New Labour grandee as ambassador to the US, as well as its ‘dismissive approach’ to security vetting.
And the scandal took another turn when Sir Olly Robbins revealed that Downing Street had secretly tried to give another plum diplomatic job to Sir Keir’s spin doctor.
In a stinging criticism of the PM’s judgment, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband publicly admitted he
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