Robbins revelations leave Starmer scrambling
4/21/202647 min
It’s been another bruising day for Sir Keir Starmer as Sir Olly Robbins, the former top Foreign Office official sacked over the Lord Mandelson vetting row, has broken his silence. Giving evidence to MPs at the foreign affairs select committee, he accused Downing Street of applying “constant pressure” to push the appointment through despite Mandelson failing vetting checks.
Camilla and Tim ask how damaging Sir Olly’s testimony will be to Keir Starmer, as Robbins revealed the Government didn’t even want Lord Mandelson vetted at all, and asked him to explore an ambassadorship for his now disgraced former spin doctor Matthew Doyle.
Lord Glasman, the Labour peer, also joins Camilla and Tim, saying that Sir Keir must go and that a growing number of backbenchers now agree with him.
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Highlights
- Camilla and Tim believe Olly Robbins evidence has torn the Prime Minister's defence to shreds
- Labour peer Maurice Glasman says Starmer must go and that growing numbers of Labour backbenchers agree with him
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[upbeat music] Olly Robbins, the senior civil servant sacked over the Mandelson saga, has just torn the Prime Minister's defense to shreds.
Camilla Tominey· Host1:18
He has set out how Number 10 tried to stop Mandelson being vetted at all, and put constant pressure on officials to, quotes, "Just effing approve the appointment."
Tim Stanley· Host1:29
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