Starmer Fumes Over Mandelson Ambassador Appointment

0:00From across Europe, powered by AI, this is Europe News Today, I'm Corey, with the story. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he had no clue the foreign office pushed through Peter Mendelssohn's vetting for the U.S. Ambassador job, even though. Advisors recommended against it. He only found out during a top-level meeting on Tuesday night. Downing Street just dropped a memo from that meeting with the country's highest civil servants. It backs up Starmer's story that foreign office folks handled the clearance on their own, without looping him in. On Friday, the Prime Minister let loose, calling himself absolutely furious and the whole override decision staggering. He stressed he should have been told right away about bending the rules for Lord Mendelssohn's Washington gig. This new document shines a light on who dropped the ball, pointing fingers at foreign office officials for going rogue on the process. Looks like the drama's far from over, with more questions brewing on accountability in these big appointments.