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UK's Lammy signals support for PM Starmer over latest Mandelson row
Lammy said Starmer would not have appointed Mandelson if he had known the vetting result, as opposition parties renewed calls for his resignation.
- On Saturday, British Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy signaled his support for Prime Minister Keir Starmer amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States.
- Starmer previously appointed Mandelson as ambassador, but subsequently sacked him following revelations of his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, damaging the leader's judgment.
- Security vetting recommended against the appointment, but Foreign Office officials overruled this advice without the Prime Minister's knowledge, the government revealed on Friday.
- Ahead of a statement in Parliament on Monday afternoon, Starmer has promised to set out the full facts of what happened, though political opponents argue his version is not credible.
- Senior members of the Labour Party have refrained from publicly criticizing the leader, while Lammy called it "inexplicable" the Prime Minister was not informed of the vetting recommendation.
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UK’s Lammy signals support for PM Starmer over Mandelson row
Britain's Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy signalled his support for Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday over the ongoing row about the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States. Labour veteran Mandelson was appointed as ambassador by Starmer and subsequently sacked over his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in a scandal that has brought the British leader's judgement into question. Starmer on Frida…
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David Lammy backs Keir Starmer over Lord Mandelson vetting scandal - 'He would never, ever have appointed him as ambassador'
David Lammy has publicly backed Sir Keir Starmer over the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal, suggesting the Prime Minister would never have sent the Labour veteran to Washington had he been aware of the security concerns
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