The Epstein curse has grabbed Starmer and won’t let go

Starmer insisted on appointing Epstein’s pal Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, and he’s paying the price for it.

Failing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has admitted that he misled Parliament over Lord Mandelson’s failed vetting – but is claiming he did not do it ‘knowingly’.

The Telegraph reported:

“Downing Street suggested that the Prime Minister would use a statement to the Commons on Monday to acknowledge that he had misled MPs when he said the former US ambassador had cleared his security checks.”

But his spokesman insists that Starmer denies lying on purpose to the House of Commons.

“However, Sir Keir failed to tell MPs about the vetting failure at Prime Minister’s Questions last Wednesday, a day after he had been told.”

Starmer previously insisted no less than three times that “full due process” was followed.

In another The Telegraph article, it arises that Starmer ‘was warned about the red flags that led to Lord Mandelson failing his developed vetting security clearance.’

“The Prime Minister will argue in the Commons on Monday that it was “unforgivable” he was not told Lord Mandelson had failed the process during his appointment as US ambassador. But senior Whitehall sources said Sir Keir had already been alerted to the underlying security concerns, and pressed ahead with the appointment regardless.

Those concerns centered on Lord Mandelson’s links to Russia and China, which led officials from the UK Security Vetting agency (UKSV) to advise against giving him the green light, sources claimed. That recommendation was later overruled by Sir Olly Robbins, the former Foreign Office chief.”

Starmer fired Robbins last week, and his cabinet ministers insisted that he would have blocked the appointment had he known.

“But senior Whitehall sources told The Telegraph that the UKSV findings largely restated security risks that had already been drawn to Sir Keir’s attention.

One senior source with knowledge of the process said: ‘The reality is that Starmer had already been warned about the major risks and he had waved them away’.”

Labour is expected to lose as many as 2,000 seats in May’s local elections, which may serve as a catalyst for an ousting of Starmer as party leader.

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