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Pressure Mounts On Starmer Over Mandelson Vetting

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Pic via X)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing growing calls to resign after it emerged that Peter Mandelson was appointed as U.S. ambassador despite failing a vetting process.

Sir Keir is set to face a packed Commons later on Monday, where he will address questions over Lord Mandelson’s vetting.

He repeatedly told MPs that "full due process” was followed when Lord Mandelson was appointed as U.S. ambassador in December 2024.

The prime minister said he was “staggered” to find out last week that civil servants in the Foreign Office withheld information from him about red flags in the initial vetting process.

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