{"id":336369,"date":"2026-04-20T21:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/starmer-blasts-staggering-decision-to-withhold-mandelsons-security-vetting-decision\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T21:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:00:03","slug":"starmer-blasts-staggering-decision-to-withhold-mandelsons-security-vetting-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/starmer-blasts-staggering-decision-to-withhold-mandelsons-security-vetting-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer blasts \u2018staggering\u2019 decision to withhold Mandelson\u2019s security vetting decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/FDX1jvlzXMw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Starmer blasts \u2018staggering\u2019 decision to withhold Mandelson\u2019s security vetting decision\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FDX1jvlzXMw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer told MPs that it was \u201cstaggering\u201d and \u201cunbelievable\u201d that he hadn&#8217;t been told that Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting.  <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Starmer squarely blamed the former Foreign Office chief Sir Olly Robbins for not telling him that security vetting had said Mandelson should not be appointed and said he would have cancelled the appointment had he known. <\/p>\n<p>But he denies misleading the House and hasn&#8217;t apologised, even though he agrees Parliament should have been told. <\/p>\n<p>The opposition, and some Labour MPs, said the risks of appointing Peter Mandelson had been obvious from the start and accused the prime minister of being deliberately incurious about the security checks.<\/p>\n<p>Reporter: Gary Gibbon<br \/>\nProducer: Robert Hamilton<br \/>\nCamera: Soren Munk<br \/>\nEditor: Alex Micklewright<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\n0:00 &#8211; What Starmer knew about Mandelson&#8217;s vetting<br \/>\n6:47 &#8211; \u2018The PM has accepted he made an error\u2019<br \/>\n11:32 &#8211; \u2018Starmer is either a liar or he has completely lost control\u2019<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nGet more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/<br \/>\nSubscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer told MPs that it was \u201cstaggering\u201d and \u201cunbelievable\u201d that he hadn&#8217;t been told that Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting. 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