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Starmer’s Biggest Political Mistake Yet? Steven Swinford, Gabriel Pogrund & Lara Spirit
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28:37Now PlayingSir Olly Robbins dropped bombshell after bombshell when he spoke to MPs. Robbins, who was sacked as the Foreign Office’s chief civil servant, has accused Downing Street of placing the department under constant pressure to get Lord Mandelson through vetting. He also said the prime minister had tried to find an ambassadorial job for Matthew Doyle, another Labour peer who's been in trouble for a friendship with a paedophile. Where does it all leave Sir Keir Starmer? Plus, we reveal when the next tranche of Mandelson files will be published.
Steven Swinford, political editor, The Times
Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall editor, The Sunday Times
Lara Spirit, deputy political editor, The Sunday Times
Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson, Anika Sharma
Executive producer: Molly Guinness
Picture credits: Parliament TV, Reuters, PA, Getty
Audio credit: Parliament TV, PA
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