Emily Thornberry

And I think that the pressure that was coming from number 10, and I don't, by the way, think that it was even the prime minister, I think that it was

It was Morgan and Morgan McSweeney who, you know, remember he did, he resigned because of his role in the Maddison thing.

And he was a protege of Maddison's.

He was open about that.

He relied on him.

And he was trying to deliver Maddison the job.

So I think the fault on, you know, the fault on the politician side was is a clear one.

And then I think on Ollie Robbins side, I think the fault was he didn't make any notes of any of the things that he was doing.

And he should have.

You know, it's all very well him saying, oh, actually, the direct vetting wasn't quite as strong as been said.

It was leaning towards, but no more than that.

And yet we're told that there is a form that was ticked, which said that they recommend that developed vetting be denied and that Peter Mandelson was a person of high concern.

And he says, no, no, no, no, no, it wasn't like that.

No, there was a conversation and no, we were doing this and no, we were doing that.

But there's no note.

Yeah, I do.

I do.

Well, I mean, obviously, I'm now speaking with the benefit of hindsight, obviously.

But yeah, no, I think he should have said no.

And of course, if he had said no, all hell would have let loose because the Americans already knew, the King knew, it had been decided that