Starmer Faces Resignation Calls Over Mandelson Appointment

0:00That's your update from Europe News Today, Powered by AI, Encorey, with the story. The British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer just learned this week that foreign office officials overruled security experts who blocked Lord Peter. Mandelson from becoming the UK ambassador to Washington, security vetting last January recommended against giving Mandelson the top level clearance he needed, but the foreign office stepped in anyway after. Former had already picked him for the job. Opposition leaders are piling on hard, with conservative head Kimi Botanok saying, Starmer misled parliament by claiming full process was followed and, full vetting passed, putting him in resignation territory. Liberal Democrat boss Sir Ed Davy called it a catastrophic error, plus lies to the public, while greens and reform UK echo demands for Starmer 2. Step down over the sleaze. It now promises full document handover to parliament's intelligence committee soon,

1:01including all vetting files, as pressure builds on weather. Starmer knew more than he's letting on.