I see no one is willing to address the question of why a PM can appoint a Foreign Secretary without vetting, but shouldn't be able to appoint a US Ambassador without vetting. (View Post)

Ultimately in a democracy there needs to be political appointments based on the judgment of elected officials and there is a tension between that and vetting. (Nearly) everyone in this debate is igno… (View Post)

Both are lying because the truth doesn't suit. The whole vetting thing was a charade. In future either ban political appointees or exempt them from vetting. (View Post)

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)