The vetting was irrelevant - SKS wants a person with known flaws to be the ambassador - if the vetting repeats the known flaws what exactly do you do as a junior member of staff. So at some point the… (View Post)

I wonder if we actually have the opposite problem, so much ends up I the PMs desk that nothing is given the time needed to deal with it. Remember we’ve centralized more and more to central government… (View Post)

In the case of Mandelson I can’t imagine there is more incriminating evident than what already exists. What exactly is worse than sending Government secrets to a third party within an hour of receivi… (View Post)

I suspect Starmer (or someone close to him) went Mandelson would be great for this and everyone else facilitated the appointment by completely ignoring the conveyer belt of red flags. What isn't… (View Post)

See my comment earlier - the big boss says that would be a good idea and everyone works to ensure it happens (View Post)