@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"Robbins and Collard said they had not read Mandelson’s vetting summary document produced by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV), relying instead on verbal briefings about its contents. Collard’s evidence highlighted Robertson’s role in the decision."
So the civil servants who decided to override the security vetting for #Mandelson hadn't even bothered to read it themselve…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"Mandelson’s lawyers, Mishcon de Reya"
I wonder where we've heard of Mishcon de Reya before? Are they a very reputable law firm, I wonder? Oh, yes, the money-laundering specialists involved in the persecution of Maltese anti-corruption campaigner Daphne Caruana Galizia, before her murder.
Lovely people.
#Mandelson
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotWoo, the #HouseOfCommons exchanges on the #Mandelson affair got pretty toasty.
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@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotThe #UKLabour party have become a deeply sleazy and unethical organisation. No wonder #Mandelson felt so at home there.
#Labour
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotFormer solicitor general "Lord" Charlie Faulkner says, obviously correctly, that now Andrew Mountbatten-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha had been arrested for misconduct in public office for sending privileged government information to Jeffrey #Epstein, "Lord" Peter #Mandelson is inevitably next.…
