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Mandelson - the first political appointee to the role, as opposed to a career diplomat, since 1977 – despite well-documented concerns about his suitability, has prompted the most serious crisis of his premiership. When McSweeney
career which were identified during this pre-vetting process. After reviewing the due dilligence findings, No 10 sources said Sir Keir Starmer asked Lord Mandelson to address three specific questions, which were sent
role as the prime minister’s chief of staff. For his part, allies of McSweeney say he will want to “correct the caricature” of himself in the press, including how close he was to Mandelson
McSweeney quit his job over the Mandelson scandal in February. However, opposition MPs say it is not credible that neither Sir Keir, nor anyone on his team, could have remained in the dark for more
career can be traced back to the Blair era said that after days of damaging headlines about Lord Mandelson, people were angry. "We will tank in the elections. But we are back where we were
McSweeney then resigning as Starmer’s chief of staff, saying he took full responsibility for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson. In March, document released to parliament stated that national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, had doubts