{"id":335765,"date":"2026-04-17T21:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-olly-robbins-the-mandelson-scapegoat-this-is-why\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T21:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:00:27","slug":"is-olly-robbins-the-mandelson-scapegoat-this-is-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-olly-robbins-the-mandelson-scapegoat-this-is-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Olly Robbins the Mandelson scapegoat? | This Is Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/65kB_PYMIQU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is Olly Robbins the Mandelson scapegoat? | This Is Why\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/65kB_PYMIQU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Top civil servant Olly Robbins has been sacked after his department did not inform the prime minister that Lord Mandelson had failed security vetting for the role of US ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition parties are calling on the prime minister to resign but Sir Keir Starmer is insisting he wasn\u2019t told, in an &quot;unforgivable&quot; omission.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s due to speak to MPs in parliament on Monday, and address the accusations he misled them over the process of Mandelson\u2019s appointment.<\/p>\n<p>But who is Olly Robbins, the man who has lost his job over the latest Mandelson revelation and is he being used as a fall guy? And how toxic will the row be for Sir Keir?<\/p>\n<p>Niall talks to hosts of fellow Sky podcast Politics at Sam and Anne\u2019s, Anne McElvoy, executive editor at Politico and Sky\u2019s deputy political editor, Sam Coates.<\/p>\n<p>Want to hear more for Sam and Anne? Listen to their podcast here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/politics-at-sam-and-annes<\/p>\n<p>Have you got a question for the team? 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Opposition parties are calling on the prime minister to resign but Sir Keir Starmer is insisting he wasn\u2019t told, in an &quot;unforgivable&quot; omission. He&#8217;s due [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":335766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[130847,143840,136537],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-335765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-civil","tag-olly","tag-servant"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is Olly Robbins the Mandelson scapegoat? | This Is Why | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Is Olly Robbins the Mandelson scapegoat? | This Is Why for free, here on News ISC. 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