Will we ever know everything about Peter Mandelson?
4/24/202647 min
Sir Keir Starmer says he has "put to bed" the row over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador – but it looks set to rumble on for the PM.
Starmer's former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney has now been summoned to give evidence to the Commons, as well as Sir Olly Robbins's predecessor at the Foreign Office, Sir Philip Barton.
Beth explains why Barton's evidence could end up being "box office", while Ruth and Harriet give their assessment on Starmer's very difficult week.
And the team discuss if it might be easier to reveal all the information which came up during vetting.
Peter Mandelson denies criminal wrongdoing and has not been charged.
Plus – Beth's in Manchester interviewing Green Party leader Zack Polanski. Will he be able to persuade voters in Labour heartlands – and beyond - to jump ship?
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First 90 secondsHarriet Harman· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Sky News, the full story first.
Beth Rigby· Host0:05
[upbeat music] Because he's put a nuclear bomb under the whole thing. [upbeat music] And I just thought, "I've got to ask this guy 'cause this is weird."
Ruth Davidson· Host0:23
[upbeat music] There will be a, a political judgment that is the Prime Minister probably won't survive.
Beth Rigby· Host0:34
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Electoral Dysfunction with me, Beth Rigby.
Ruth Davidson· Host0:43
Me, Ruth Davidson.
Harriet Harman· Host0:44
And me, Harriet Harman.
Beth Rigby· Host0:46
And I, like the rest of Westminster, I'm on maneuvers again. But I'm not in a budget hotel this time. I'm in a little podcast studio here 'cause I've just been speaking to the Green Party leader, Zac Polanski, who's up in Manchester on a campaign visit today, and we've been talking about the May elections, his prospects. And then I was getting quite into some policy detail with him and, and some of the things that he said in the past because I think, as with any leader, as you climb in the polls and you become a serious force of maybe taking some power in local councils and then hoping to win big in general elections, well, then your