Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced parliamentary scrutiny over Peter Mandelson's failed security vetting for a diplomatic role, with No. 10 claiming Starmer may not have been informed of the vetting failure. Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch did not table a no-confidence motion despite Starmer's insistence that he told the truth about what he was told by the Foreign Office regarding the vetting process.
It's a little difficult (lol) to know what starmer hopes when he whines "it ‘beggars belief’ he wasn’t told about Mandelson vetting failure; that seems too feeble a straw to grasp
This situation is only going to get worse once Mandelson gets charged by police and heads to court. The expected charge 'misconduct in public office' is also pretty serious:
Misconduct in public office is a serious common law offence in the UK, carrying a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced parliamentary scrutiny over Peter Mandelson's failed security vetting for a diplomatic role, with No. 10 claiming Starmer may not have been informed of the vetting failure. Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch did not table a no-confidence motion despite Starmer's insistence that he told the truth about what he was told by the Foreign Office regarding the vetting process.
It's a little difficult (lol) to know what starmer hopes when he whines "it ‘beggars belief’ he wasn’t told about Mandelson vetting failure; that seems too feeble a straw to grasp
This situation is only going to get worse once Mandelson gets charged by police and heads to court. The expected charge 'misconduct in public office' is also pretty serious: