Starmer's treachery

[Ivor Windybottom]

The person responsible - from the FO - has resigned. It’s not scapegoating to sack someone who wrongly thought he was doing the PM a service by keeping quiet.

So we're told.

It's like living in Russia.

It all sounds unbelievable.

 

[Lower]

The person responsible - from the FO - has resigned. It’s not scapegoating to sack someone who wrongly thought he was doing the PM a service by keeping quiet.

If he has technically resigned, its only because he was told by the PM and the Foreign Secretary that they'd lost confidence in him.

Apparently, Olly Robbins wasn't even promoted to be permanent secretary of the foreign office until after Mandelson had been appointed ambassador. Starmer may be claiming plausible deniability, but Olly Robbins has been scapegoated without a doubt.

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck....

 

[aveatry]

Teflon Tony now its non stick starmer

 

[diy_fun_uk]

The person responsible - from the FO - has resigned. It’s not scapegoating to sack someone who wrongly thought he was doing the PM a service by keeping quiet.

Would you be interested in buying some beans from me? They're magical beans ...

 

[Old Salt]

The buck stops with Starmer. He is supposedly in charge. Ambassadors are nominated by the foreign office and appointed by the King on the recommendation of the Prime Minister.

In this case the Prime Minister failed to ask the right questions knowing full well Mandelson’s background. A 10 year old could have told him it was a bad idea so why the hell did he go ahead.

This Labour government are as bad as the Tories. Told today that there is 6 weeks worth of jet fuel in europe Reeves says its not a problem. My god they are going to get a shock in the upcoming elections. Only those on welfare and in a trades union will be voting for a Labour councillor.

 

[Murdochcat]

Thousands of cases, he can’t possibly know the details of each one

Not sure that argument holds much water. Mandleson was vetted for the most senior overseas appointment and failed it. Surely with his somewhat dubious history Starmer would have wanted to know the details?

“I wasn’t told” isn’t a defence imho

 

[morqthana]

A 10 year old could have told him it was a bad idea so why the hell did he go ahead.

He needed someone on Trump's wavelength.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Starmer's like Boris at the end of his time, a dead man walking.

Everyone knows he's on his way out of the door, the public have lost all belief in him. It's only a matter of when he goes and it will be soon.

 

[pete01]

 

[blup]

Teflon Tony now its non stick starmer

It’s looking that way

 

[morqthana]

Only those on welfare and in a trades union will be voting for a Labour councillor.

Are local councillors responsible for stocks of jet fuel in the UK and in foreign countries?

 

[blup]

Not sure that argument holds much water. Mandleson was vetted for the most senior overseas appointment and failed it. Surely with his somewhat dubious history Starmer would have wanted to know the details?

“I wasn’t told” isn’t a defence imho

In this case of course he should have been told. But he decided he wanted Mandy and the official made a semi political decision to keep quiet. There would have been a chat between Robins and McSweenie though.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Not sure if it's been mentioned here, apparently Labour is trying to get next weeks PMQs cancelled.

 

[fillyboy]

Not sure if it's been mentioned here, apparently Labour is trying to get next weeks PMQs cancelled.

Hadn't heard about that but was reading about Starmer getting ticked off by the speaker for simply not answering questions at PMQ.

 

[blup]

Starmer probably didn’t know, part of his job is to know what questions not to ask. Morgan McS has had a memory loss so his back is covered when Robins says he told him verbally.