Starmer's Mandelson Blunder: Transparency or Cover-up?

0:00On April 20, Kear Starmer is catching major heat over the Peter Mandelson scandal, rocking his government. He fired top four in office civil servant, Olly Robbins, calling it unforgivable that vetting officials warned against the pointing Mandelson as UK, ambassador to the United States, but Starmer claims he was never told. Mandelson lasted just nine months in Washington before getting sacked last year when fresh detailed surface about his connections to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier convicted of sex crimes. A cabinet minister admitted on Sky News its no-locked the Starmer leads labor into the 2029 election, fueling doubts amid the mess. MPs have fired up, ready to grill him in the House of Commons this afternoon as he tries to lay blame elsewhere. The government dropped internal legal advice last night, saying nothing stopped civil servants from flagging the vetting red flags to ministers. Robbins is loyering up, insisting he did nothing wrong, and he'll testify to the Foreign Affairs Committee tomorrow.

1:00Starmer insists he'll lay all facts bare for full transparency, but Tory leader Kimmy Battenock slams him as either lying or incompetent, claiming the. Blunderhurt UK-US relations and national security. Watch how this unfolds at the dispatch box.