Ministers can receive intelligence on privy council terms and intelligence/ sensitive information shared with them is controlled by the civil service and security services. As ambassador you are a ci… (View Post)

There is some nuance. For example, if you are not in serious debt, but obviously overspend, they may give you a shorter time period that you're actively cleared for and give recommendations that… (View Post)

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mandelson-epstein-starmer-us-ambassador-trump-b2824777.html Considering this article is from September last year, I'd say it's pretty much cur… (View Post)

So unfortunate that McSweeney's phone was binned, I mean stolen. (View Post)

It's also unlikely that the Epstein relationship alone was what stopped him getting clearance. There might be a range of delights in the vetting documents to explode under the PM. (View Post)