Britain's prime minister placed blame squarely on Foreign Office officials who he said failed to tell him about the security concerns and approved Mandelson’s appointment despite them.
Britain's prime minister placed blame squarely on Foreign Office officials who he said failed to tell him about the security concerns and approved Mandelson’s appointment despite them. Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street in London on Monday to face a showdown in Parliament over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.
Starmer brushed aside a barrage of opposition calls to resign as he tried to explain why Mandelson was given the U.K.’s most important diplomatic post. Starmer placed blame squarely on Foreign Office officials who he said failed to tell him about the security concerns and approved Mandelson’s appointment despite them.He said the facts about Mandelson’s vetting “could and should have been shared with me before he took up his post.” Starmer told lawmakers in the House of Commons that “I would not have gone ahead with the appointment” had he known the truth.in September, nine months into the job, when new details emerged about his friendship with Epstein, a convicted sex offender who Starmer called it “frankly staggering” that officials didn’t tell him about the failed vetting. His explanation was greeted with jeers from opposition lawmakers, incredulous that the nation’s leader hadn’t known such a crucial piece of information.“It doesn’t appear that he asked any questions at all. Why? Because he didn’t want to know,” she said.Starmer was attempting to set the record straight after repeatedly telling lawmakers that “due process” was followed when Mandelson was appointed. Though he apologized for his error of judgment, he denied misleading Parliament, which is usually considered a resigning offense. Starmer fired the top Foreign Office civil servant, Olly Robbins, within hours of the revelation by the Guardian last week. But allies of Robbins say he never would have been able to share sensitive vetting information with the prime minister. Robbins is expected to give his own version of events to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Badenoch noted that Robbins is the latest high-profile government departure linked to Mandelson. She said that instead of taking responsibility for his mistakes, Starmer “has thrown his staff and his officials under the bus.”“The prime minister knew that appointing Mandelson was an enormous risk. He decided that it was a risk worth taking, a catastrophic error of judgment. And now that it’s blown up in his face, the only decent thing to do is to take responsibility.” Senior government colleagues have defended the prime minister. Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said that if Starmer had known about the failed security vetting, “he would never, ever have appointed him ambassador.”He could face a new challenge if, as expected, Labour takes a hammering in local and regional elections on May 7, which give voters a chance to pass a midterm verdict on the government.He picked Mandelson as ambassador despite being warned by his staff that Mandelson’s friendship with Epstein exposed the government to “reputational risk.” Mandelson’s business links to Russia and China also set off alarm bells. But his expertise as a former European Union trade chief and contacts among global elites were considered assets in dealing with Presidentreleased by the U.S. Department of Justice in January included emails suggesting Mandelson had passed on sensitive, and potentially market-moving, government information to Epstein in 2009, after the global financial crisis.Starmer said he had ordered a review into any security concerns arising from Mandelson’s access to sensitive information while ambassador. Many questions remain unanswered, including why Mandelson failed the vetting and whether officials felt political pressure to approve the appointment.“I’m interested in his judgment,” said Scottish National Party lawmaker Stephen Flynn. “Does he believe himself to be gullible, incompetent, or 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