This Mandelson saga now looks less like a simple process failure and more like a blame-shifting exercise. If ministers could have been told, and if Robbins is right that there was constant pressure from No 10 to get the appointment through, then the real question is simple: who owns the decision when a political appointment blows up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PfqQLxScsw
#UKPolitics #PeterMandelson #KeirStarmer #Accountability #CivilService
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