The government has made Mandelson’s deputy James Roscoe, currently in DC as Deputy Head of Mission to the USA, the temporary British Ambassador. He’s starting today…
In the meantime Starmer’s spokesman told the Lobby briefing of political journalists that the process is now underway to appoint a new ambassador. Asked if it would be a political appointment Starmer’s spokesman said “the process is just beginning”…
Asked if the vetting process should include a section on staying at the homes of convicted paedophiles, Starmer’s spokesman said: “The vetting process is extensive.” The spokesman refused to say when Starmer last spoke to Mandelson and refused to say if the PM believes he was misled by him. While it is concurrently claimed that Mandelson himself didn’t have access to those old emails on a “long closed” email account the blame is put on Mandelson for the failure of the vetting process…
The insistence is that the relationship between Mandelson and Epstein has been shown to be “materially different” following Bloomberg’s email trove. Who is buying that…
The spokesman refused to “speculate” on whether Mandelson would be given another role or remain close to the Labour leadership. Wouldn’t put it past Starmer…
Speaking about the Metropolitan Police, Nigel Farage told a press conference in London:
“Giuliani didn’t abolish the NYPD. He changed the leadership. He put those into positions of authority that shared his vision of the broken windows theory of dealing with crime from the bottom up. That’s what you have to do. So, I would suggest that rather than scrapping it, we need to find the right people in the right position.”