Kier Starmer is holding on amidst increasing calls for him to resign. Evidence reveals Starmer fully knew the Epstein ties the man he appointed to be Ambassador to the U.S. had before the appointment. Now, it is revealed he willfully lied when confronted before Peter Mandelson was finally appointed.
Kier Starmer: ‘Felt political pressure’: Sacked UK official blames Starmer’s office over Mandelson US appointment– timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Olly Robbins, the former head of the Foreign Office was dismissed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week amid a widening scandal that has prompted calls for the prime minister’s resignation. Mandelson was removed from his post in September last year, just nine months into the job, after further details emerged about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted US sex offender who died in prison in 2019.
“There was an atmosphere of pressure from the Prime Minister’s office and a very, very strong expectation that Mandelson needed to be in post and in America as quickly as possible,” Robbins told the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday, a day after Starmer was questioned by MPs over how the appointment was approved.“There was a generally dismissive attitude toward the security vetting process,” he added.
