Starmer ‘facing Commons vote next week’ on inquiry into Mandelson vetting scandal

Starmer ‘facing Commons vote next week’ on inquiry into Mandelson vetting scandal

Exclusive: MPs from across the House have written to Lindsay Hoyle asking for an investigation into whether Starmer misled parliament

Tom Watson Is Advising Morgan McSweeney To Hire Lawyers Before Facing Parliament

Tom Watson is advising Morgan McSweeney to hire lawyers before facing Parliament. And the connections go deep. Watson sits on Palantir’s advisory board. Palantir holds a £240 million government contract arranged through Peter Mandelson. McSweeney pushed through Mandelson’s appointment. Closing Ranks: How the Blairite Network Is Managing the Mandelson Scandal  If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear. This was the logic that New L…

Starmer to face vote over Peter Mandelson sleaze inquiry

Keir Starmer will face a vote on whether he should be referred to a parliamentary sleaze inquiry over claims that he misled the House of Commons about the appointment of Mandelson as ambassador to the US. The prime minister said earlier this week that Downing Street had put no pressure “whatsoever” on the Foreign Office, with comments appearing to contradict those of Olly Robbins Robbins told MPs that No 10 had exerted “constant pressure” to ins…