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The prime minister's official spokesman says no, and they deny showing a dismissive approach to Lord Mandelson's vetting for US ambassador.

Look, at this point, there is no other jury on this, right?

There is no jury on this except for what those around Keir Starmer say.

And the public start to feel.

Well, before we go any further, we've just been joined now by Emily Thornberry, chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, who has hot footed it from that extraordinary morning of questioning.

Emily, we heard your interjection when you provided a swear word to accompany what you understood to be Morgan McSweeney's imperative statement.

to the then civil servant that he'd get on with the hiring of Peter Mandelson.

Just take us through that.

Do you think Ollie Robbins was bullied too?

Do you think Ollie Robbins made the wrong call on that?

He also dropped a bombshell today that another friend of another paedophile had also been recommended by Keir Starmer for a high level ambassadorial job.

One Matthew Doyle, his former chief of comms.

Did you know that was coming?

Yeah, I mean, Yvette Cooper has said that I think she said she finds it pretty shocking to learn about this and to learn that David Lammy was kept out of the loop on this.

Is Starmer in big trouble now?

But do you think the Matthew Dawes stuff, does that break the camel's back?

He cast it as a sort of question of personal responsibility of not passing the buck.

You think that was wrong?

Damien Lee Thornberry, or Chair, as we must now call you, thank you very much.

Thank you.