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Pressure mounts on PM to resign over Mandelson appointment

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right) and Peter Mandelson, February 27, 2025

PRESSURE mounted on Sir Keir Starmer to resign today as backbenchers joined opposition parties saying the PM must have been aware Lord Peter Mandelson had failed vetting before appointing him US ambassador.

The Labour leader said it was “unforgivable” that he was not told that the Foreign Office had overruled the UK Security Vetting team’s recommendation not to clear the so-called “Prince of Darkness” for the post.

“That I wasn’t told that Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting when he was appointed is staggering,” the PM said.

“That I wasn’t told that he had failed security vetting when I was telling Parliament that due process had been followed is unforgivable.

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Sir Keir was already under fire over the decision to give the twice-resigned cabinet minister the job, despite it being known that his dealings with Epstein continued after the financier’s conviction for child sex offences.

Questions over his judgement intensified after the first batch of documents related to the decision, published last month, showed that he was warned before announcing Lord Mandelson’s ambassadorship of a “general reputational risk” over his association with Epstein.

That warning stemmed from the first part of the checks, carried out by the Cabinet Office, which was based on information in the public domain at the time.

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Post author:dizzy
Post published:18 April 2026
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“No more buck passing” – Greens call on Keir Starmer to resign over latest Mandelson revelation

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Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion Siân Berry. Image by Kelly Hill, Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0.

Reacting to a report in the Guardian that Peter Mandelson was appointed as ambassador to the US despite failing the Government vetting process, Green Party MP Siân Berry said:

“Keir Starmer has lied and lied again over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson and he must resign. Starmer told Parliament ‘due process’ had been followed. This report makes clear that was untrue.

“He has tried to blame the vetting process, when in fact it is reported that a decision was taken to ignore a failed vetting. We need answers on what and when Starmer and David Lammy knew about this decision to overrule the vetting report.

“The precise reasons for Mandelson’s failure to pass this vetting must be made public, even though it was known to everyone that Mandelson was friends with the world’s most notorious paedophile prior to the appointment. It is outrageous that it is being reported that senior government officials are now considering whether to withhold from parliament documents that show Mandelson wasn’t given security clearance.

“No more buck passing, no more mysteriously vanishing mobile phones, the public need the truth.”

Post author:dizzy
Post published:18 April 2026
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How Peter Mandelson destroyed the Labour Party : Jeremy Corbyn

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Keir Starmer discusses Peter Mandelson, Jeffrey Epstein and the UK Labour Party's tradition of excusing and protecting child rapists. — Keir Starmer discusses Peter Mandelson, Jeffrey Epstein and the UK Labour Party’s tradition of excusing and protecting child rapists.

Keir Starmer says that the Labour Party under his leadership is intensely relaxed about assaulting those least able to defend themselves - the very poorest and most vulnerable. — Keir Starmer says that the Labour Party under his leadership is intensely relaxed about assaulting those least able to defend themselves – the very poorest and most vulnerable.

Post author:dizzy
Post published:18 April 2026
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Morning Star Editorial: Food crisis is the price of Trump’s war

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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/food-crisis-price-trumps-war

WORKING people are already being presented with the bill for imperialist war in Iran. Today the country was told to prepare for food shortages if the conflict caused by the US-Israeli aggression continues.

The blockade of the Straits of Hormuz, presently being enforced by the US military, is cutting off vital supplies of carbon dioxide (CO2). This is needed for the storage of packaged meats and salads, and for brewing.

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Ultra-Blairite Business Secretary Peter Kyle was deployed in an effort to reassure the public that the Starmer Cabinet has the situation under control.

His version of “keep calm and carry on” was to reveal that Keir Starmer “is going through personally and driving deep dives into lots of areas of resilience throughout our economy.”

Given Starmer’s cynical involvement in Donald Trump’s aggression against Iran, allied to his general mishandling of every project he touches, this announcement may not have the effect Kyle hopes. Even Corporal Jones of Dad’s Army might allow it is time to panic.

The prospect of food shortages comes on top of massively escalating fuel bills as a result of the war.

Allied to these direct consequences there is the mounting pressure for accelerated military spending. This primarily comes from those elements within Labour who are also for unequivocal backing for any US war, no matter how illegal or even deranged it may be.

Thus George Robertson’s intervention. When he was defence secretary under Tony Blair he authorised a military strategy focused not on defending Britain but on acting as first accomplice to Washington in its “world policeman” role.

To maintain that privileged position he made it clear that the people’s welfare must be sacrificed.

Starmer is far from being as distant from that approach as he likes to appear. He is enabling the US-Israel aggression in every way possible whole continuing to declare “this is not our war.”

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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/food-crisis-price-trumps-war