Paddy

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So we thank all the newscasters who've been listening assiduously to newscasts all covering the crises, plural.

We are in a way humbly coming back into your earbuds because we're just offering the Saturday newscast, but I have a feeling it's going to be dominated by Starmageddon.

And the big question is what will happen next?

And that's what we'll be talking about on this Saturday Newscast.

Hello, it's Paddy in the studio.

And so disputed is the account, so dancing is Downing Street on the head of a pin.

And the allies of Sir Ollie Robbins have said it's possible that Ollie Robbins did not see the final vetting document, knowing that he had failed the test is disputed.

As some of his allies have said, it's not like a driving test.

where you fail it, it's like a risk assessment.

And you've described it in your online article, which I have read.

And this is where I law explain.

You've described it like a credit check for a bank.

And I can offer a wrinkle in reply.

Good.

Which is, in the timeline, the Prime Minister had appointed Peter Mandelson before the credit check, as you describe it, the developed vetting process had been finished.

So, allies of Ollie Robbins – this goes back to my dancing on the head of a pin story –

The Allies have said it's the job of the civil service to deliver the government's programme.

And therefore, Ollie Robbins was effectively doing the job that he was recently employed to do, which was to enact the government's bidding.

The government's bidding was, ooh, Peter Mandelson.