Lucy Hough

Thanks for dialling in, Archie.

It's great to see you.

So the sun is out.

It's set to be a very beautiful weekend, but not one that is likely to be relaxing for Keir Starmer after the events of this week, but not least because he's likely going to be going to the Emirates tomorrow to watch Arsenal play.

And perhaps the only thing more uncertain than his premiership is Arsenal's chances of winning the league.

But

Let's talk about what's happened this week, because there's been a few very significant interventions, hasn't there?

There was, of course, Sir Oliver Robbins speaking to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee on Tuesday, the former Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Office, which we covered on Tuesday's show, but also Cat Little, who was the most senior civil servant in the Cabinet Office, who spoke of the fact that she was not given these key vetting documents related to the appointment of Mandelson in

as US ambassador, which again, pours yet more water on this claim from Keir Starmer that due process was followed.

Yeah, and we've also had Sir Richard Dearlove, the former head of the British Intelligence Service, writing for The Guardian, criticising the decision of the Foreign Office not to reveal these vetting documents, but also criticising Keir Starmer's political judgment.

And the two things are interlinked, as per his opinion.

Yeah, absolutely.

And it is not over yet.

We're set for another bumper week of Select Committee appearances.

We've got Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer's former Chief of Staff, who will be appearing before MPs in that committee on Tuesday.

McSweeney being someone who was known to have a relationship with Lord Mandelson, who was

influential in the decision to appoint him as US ambassador and who has reportedly had his phone stolen at a time when there are real questions around that time of the appointment.

So it will be fascinating to hear from him.

And unfortunately for Starmer and his government, we'll thrust this right to the top of the news agenda yet again.

There are now 13 days before these very important May 7th local elections.