{"id":336531,"date":"2026-04-21T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sacked-foreign-office-official-to-break-silence-in-mandelson-vetting-row\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T09:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:00:30","slug":"sacked-foreign-office-official-to-break-silence-in-mandelson-vetting-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sacked-foreign-office-official-to-break-silence-in-mandelson-vetting-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacked Foreign Office official to break silence in Mandelson vetting row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/8Q9i_Pa12ik\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Sacked Foreign Office official to break silence in Mandelson vetting row\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Q9i_Pa12ik\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sir Keir Starmer is set to face another bruising day over the Peter Mandelson scandal, as the sacked senior civil servant he sought to blame for the appointment prepares to give his side of the story.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Olly Robbins will face questions about the scandal from the Foreign Affairs Committee at 9am. 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