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@Fr12ee44Spewxh @Sharon444martin In my humble view a foreign power likely Russia and or China needed intel on the Trump second term transition, planning, information, everything. Their man had to be in situ as soon as the new Trump administration took office.

Judgement day! The whole point being missed about the Mandelson appointment is that there was an excellent Ambassador already in place who did not need replacing. Dame Karen Pierce, had served from March 2020, she was highly effective and had strong ties to the Trump administration. There was absolutely no reason to get rid of her. Someone wanted Mandelson in there, fast, come hell or high water. So the real question is: Who wanted him in there, why and why was it so urgent? And then we’ll find out why they were prepared to override security procedures to do so.

@kathrynhall_ We’re all you on that front 😂

OK, so I definitely do need another (very large) G&T due to the fact I have today nodded in agreement with Diane Abacus and Ed "hobby horse" Davey 😲

@DPJHodges Where’s Mandelson FFS?

Can someone explain this. Why are we only hearing from Robbins. Where’s McSweeney. Where’s Powell. Where’s Wormald. Where’s Starmer himself. Why are we still only getting the barest levels of scrutiny.

This all only makes sense if KS was (for reasons which are becoming more and more clear) selected to fill the role of PM whilst others did the real bidding. He was and still is in many ways the perfect useful idiot. No political nous. No curiosity. No philosophy. Gullible. Weak. Parsimonious with the truth. Mandleson clearly at or near the helm. All along. The dodgy campaign, empty promises, lies, everything. The real question is who else? Any why? What is the actual endgame?

It’s quite clear from this document the Prime Minister was told this in November 2024. He didn’t want to answer my question…because HE KNEW. He was told. Yet he appointed Mandelson anyway putting our national security at risk.

For the first time ever, I provided my questions to Keir Starmer in advance. You’ll notice that after 5 non-answers he completely refused to answer Question 6 -that he knew Mandelson had remained a Director of a Russian company reportedly linked to Putin. Why didn’t he answer?👇

@10DowningStreet The last thing on earth they want to see after months at sea in a submarine is…….you 😂

@benonwine Starmer is only there because of Mandelson. It was his project all along. McSweeney. The campaign. All of it. And to pull it off M needed S to be totally compromised.

Do you think it’s possible that Peter Mandleson could be Blackmailing Prime Minister Keir Starmer?

@LeeHarris It depends when his pay masters in Moscow and Beijing tell him to go.

My working assumption was that Keir Starmer will be gone before the end of May. I'm not sure he will even last that long. He could be gone in a matter of days. This is the END GAME for Keir Starmer. The worst prime minister in history.

@TomLondon6 We need that come out now

Bigger than the Mandelson scandal … Wait till the really big scandal hits: the BLAIR scandal

@ArchRose90 @CamillaTominey Spot on 😂

.@CamillaTominey whilst listening to Labour MPs defend Keir Starmer is all of us.

@benonwine He had been ordered to by Russia and or China.

Why was Starmer so determined to get Mandelson to Washington?

@tomhfh I dunno maybe try coming back like an hour earlier Einstein 😂

I’m just back to London after a weekend away with my family. A busy week ahead, so now is the perfect time to go and do the big weekly shop. Thanks to politicians not understanding how family life actually works I now have precisely 20 minutes before the shop shuts. It’s not going to happen.

@Telegraph Utter garbage. He appointed him knowing it all anyway.

🔴 Sir Keir Starmer would have cancelled Lord Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador if he had been told about his failed vetting, a Cabinet minister has insisted. 🔗 telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

@CamillaTominey @DPJHodges We can also safely say that we are being governed by a bunch of morons. 😂

I think we can safely conclude that today’s broadcast round hasn’t improved what was already Starmer’s worst weekend in office 🙈

@DPJHodges @Iromg OK. Has it come to this. Is the whole Starmer Mandelson play a front for Putin and or Xi? If you look at everything Starmer has done, in the whole, it starts to look as if there were forces operating in the background. Is that what the whole M appointment to DC was about?

As we report today, he chose to appoint as his Ambassador to Washington a man who was being targeted by Russian intelligence from as far back as the 1980's. A man who was specifically warned about his relationships with Putin's allies. A man Red Flagged by the security services.

@brandivandrews You need to watch out for the dude with a sword right behind you

double trouble.

@M11402516M @Hepworthclare Me and my pet dog.

@buckers772 @Hepworthclare Who's we??? You don't speak for me or anyone I know.

You know what Pippa. You and a few other journos hacks position yourselves to ensure he "faces judgement" every pesky day of the week. BTW. Is it correct your partner is a senior Official in the Foreign Office.. ?

@Neccccy Noooooooooooooooo

🚨 Rumours in Westminster growing that Angela Rayner is going to make her move in May to take over as PM !!! Thoughts ???

@YvetteCooperMP @Keir_Starmer @EmmanuelMacron You are probably the biggest human joke in existence. Pls leave us alone and go quietly.

Freedom of navigation and the law of the sea must be respected. In Paris I joined @Keir_Starmer and @EmmanuelMacron, alongside over 40 allies, to develop plans to safeguard shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, secure trade, and bring down the cost of living in the UK and abroad.

@PreetKGillMP Earth calling whatever planet you are on 🤣 that guy has lied out of his arse from day one

I do not accept the claim that Keir Starmer is a liar. He is not. I have known him to be serious, measured, and guided by a strong sense of public duty. We must challenge one another robustly on policy, but do it in a way that strengthens public confidence not erode it