The reason Mandelson was in the room is because of his links to Epstein and others. The only reason he was the option is because of those links.. (View Post)

Yes - how would he do PMQs are equivalent when he can't go into the commons.. (View Post)

+1 - Mandelson had known problems so the fact he failed vetting and was still appointed isn’t that surprising. The question becomes who ignored the vetting as it should have been left for SKS so the … (View Post)

Which makes it even harder for the person who has the report saying don’t appoint Mandelson to go to a person (SKS) known to fire those providing bad news about the rather bad news (View Post)

True but the risk is known by the big boss and the big boss wants him there so as the vetting doesn’t tell us anything we don’t already know so do I pass the information up or ignore it. And how many… (View Post)