Lucy Fisher
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first heard Apr 2026
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Well, you don't really never seem to know what's going on in your own government.
So while I don't think it's likely there will be any move made against him by the Labour Party this week, it adds to the sense that he could face pressure later this year to sort of set out some kind of timetable for his departure, according to some Labour MPs.
Thanks for having me, Mark.
Well, the extraordinary development that Peter Mandelson did not pass his vetting, that decision recommendation from the vetting team that he was a high risk candidate was apparently overridden by Ollie Robbins, the permanent secretary at the Foreign Office, who was sensationally sacked.
Last night.
So this morning, you know, everyone is asking, you know, who knew what when, you know, did Starmer know or in any way anyone in Downing Street direct Oliver Robbins, a civil servant, not a politician, to override the vetting team?
or was Robbins acting unilaterally, which seems incredulous to many other civil servants I've spoken to this morning.
But it's a moment of real danger for Starmer, who has failed to sort of grip or contain the fallout from this Mandelson scandal.
And a lot of MPs I've been speaking to think that, you know, it could be a very dangerous moment for him ahead as he tries to navigate this.
We don't.
The developed vetting process is incredibly in-depth.
It involves asking the person being vetted all sorts of very penetrating and impertinent questions about their sexual proclivities.
about their finances, their relationships, people they associate with, particularly from overseas.
So it's a very, very wide ranging process and we don't at the moment have any intelligence or information
on what exactly was thrown up by the process involving Mandelson.
Well, you're absolutely right to bring that up, because aside from the very technical developed vetting process, there was another exercise that went on regarding him and all senior appointments of due diligence, which does exactly what you said, doesn't go into...
You know, the deep background of someone.
It sort of scans the Internet for known risks, very obvious risks.
And we've already seen that due diligence document published in the first tranche of disclosure from the Cabinet Office, which is going through all the documents and details around Mandelson's appointment.
And it did indeed throw up possible reputational risks.
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