UK Ambassador Appointment Investigation Questioned
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Sources · 7 independent
“Mr. Speaker, in December 2024, I was in the process of appointing a new ambassador for Washington. A due diligence exercise was conducted by the Cabinet Office into Peter Mandelson's suitability, including questions put to him by my staff in number 10.”
“Sir Keir Starmer principally over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson, Lord... Manlesen former cabinet minister in previous Labour governments as the UK ambassador to Washington that's all gone horribly wrong.”
“Usually in the UK we reserve ambassadorial posts for senior civil servants rather than for former politicians, not unprecedented but unusual. But then we had the very unusual circumstances around the appointment of Peter Mandelson and a desire to get him out to Washington in time for the inauguration. They they miss that deadline”
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