Robbins Sacked Over Mandelson Security Vetting Fiasco

0:00On April 16, Sir Olly Robbins, the top civil servant at the foreign office, got sacked last night over the Peter Mandelson mess. Mandelson, the old new labor figure, flunned his top-level security vetting for the U.S. ambassador job, but foreign office bosses overruled it anyway. Prime Minister Kierstarmer swears he and his team had no clue about the failed check. Robbins had a long career bouncing through top-government spots, from Tony Blair's private secretary to Theresa May's Brexit lead and David Cameron's security adviser. He signed off on Mandelson's 75,000-pound payout when he quit, and even wrote to Parliament saying the vetting went smooth without, mentioning the rejection. Reactions hit hard, with Labour's Emily Thornberry calling on massive gaps in the evidence and demanding Robbins testify again. Tories like Kimmy Botanox screamed cover-up after key documents got buried, even though Parliament demanded them all. Starmer faced quit calls as a due diligence report, flag Mandelson's Epstein links back

1:01on December 11th, 2024. New details show officials mulled hiding the vetting failure papers from lawmakers, fueling the scandal. Cabinet Secretary Chris Wormald explained line managers like Robbins make the final call on clearances, but a ton of files, over 100, 47 pages, still missed the bombshell rejection. This blow to Starmer's crew leaves questions hanging on trust and transparency and picking big diplomatic roles, with more committee grilling sure to. Drop soon.