Of course! Mandelson is a wrong un. No-one would have appointed him and thought vetting important. Indeed if he passed vetting Starmer should be more concerned about what is going wrong in the vettin… (View Post)

If that is the whole truth then Ed was in the wrong imo. (View Post)

Who has incorrectly predicted imminent disaster the most often and most confidently, Dan or Leon? It's a toughie. (View Post)

Yes, it is cheap PR. It works, he wouldn't be being discussed here this evening without it. (View Post)

It is a political appointment. If someone who fails vetting can be PM, Foreign or Defence Secretary, why shouldn't the PM be able to appoint them as US ambassador? (View Post)