'Downing Street Certainly Knew' Mandelson Had Failed Vetting | David Maddox
April 17, 2026
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as posted by the channel"The idea that ministers have only just found out now I find hard to believe."
Downing Street was asked seven months ago about Mandelson's failed vetting, so the idea that the Prime Minister and ministers "have only just found out" is "for the birds", says The Independent's Political Editor, David Maddox.
David Maddox was speaking to Ayesha Hazarika on Times Radio. Listen every Friday from 1-4pm.
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