+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)

The problem is the obvious contenders for PM aren't currently in a position to move so things need to continue as they are. While we complain about how the Tory party can remove a PM, at least t… (View Post)

Oh in this case I agree, my point was more that I think over the past 20 years everything has got centralized to the point that No 10 is swamped - and ends up making decisions that they should be a m… (View Post)