Sacked UK official details political pressure to appoint Mandelson | ABC NEWS

Pressure is mounting on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer after the former chief of the UK’s foreign office says he felt political pressure to appoint Lord Peter Mandelson as the ambassador to the US. Sir Olly Robbins says the Prime Minister’s team had a “dismissive approach” to the security vetting of Lord Mandelson. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE

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