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@helen_off_troy I never said they were.

@IainDale Not it’s not. Every government past and present pushes for their man. The idea the Tories are some sort of model party is well, mildly, for the birds.

Well that was a bouncer for No 10 to explain. Robbins just revealed No 10 wanted an ambassadorial role for Matthew Doyle. It didn't happen in the end, but the very fact they want it to happen is a bit of a 'wow' moment.

@robboluvsqpr I'm not a journalist. I am a commentator. There are journalistic aspects to what I do but my job is to give my opinions and let my listeners challenge them. But you know that.

@IainDale As a journalist do you report the news or make the news?….

Blimey. Only 15 mins into Olly Robbins evidence, and already at least three revelations which will cause serious angst for the Prime Minister. It's very important that he speaks in the debate in the House today. If we doesn't. we will have to draw our own conclusions.

If you don't find this frightening I can assure you, I do!

New episode of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast 117. When You Wish Upon a Starmer @tessadunlop and I talk Keir Starmer's statement in the Commons re how he handled Mandelson - plus 100 years since the Queen's birth, and more! Listen podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/117…

@Jhinchliffe07 He said the original verdict was borderline, leaning to them advising he shouldn't be passed. That is a fail in anybody's language.

@IainDale Iain you just tweeted that mandelson failed vetting , when olly Robbins said he didn't fail and journalists misunderstanding the process I think a lot of journalists from all sides including yourself are looking at this issue through partisan lense and not objectivly

@ShortmanMa2408 @SamLowry60 Jesus. He failed the vetting.

@IainDale @SamLowry60 Is Starmer a mind reader as Mandelson passed the vetting you listening to the same thing ?

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On my @LBC show... 7pm Did Keir Starmer do enough to hang on to his job? 8pm Cross Question with Joe Robertson MP Sarah Olney MP Alex McIntyre MP Angela Epstein 9pm You calls on the vetting scandal

EXCLUSIVE: I understand from sources close to Reform UK that senior party bigwigs are planning to parachute in Matthew Goodwin to fight Rupert Lowe in Great Yarmouth at the next election. That would be quite the spectacle to watch. Knowing Great Yarmouth well, I have to say I am not wholly convinced Goodwin would go down well there. Bring out the popcorn!

@Reeve98Mark I criticised Lebedev's appointment several times on my LBC show. So there.

@IainDale I’ve searched everywhere to find your condemnation of the pictures attached I can find any anywhere Please explain why your every breath hammers Starmer over Mendleson but NOTHING OVER JOHNSON/LEDBEDEV You won’t reply as you don’t have the credibility to do so

A serious situation becomes even more serious the moment you start to become a laughing stock.

@SarahScb @JohnBoyHastings Not by me he wasn't. And no doubt you think I fall into that category.

@IainDale @JohnBoyHastings Cummings didn’t get DV security clearance and it was widely reported that Johnson as FS wasn’t trusted by May and security info was withheld. RW media have been out to get KS from day 1. His judgement has at times been iffy, as was Johnson’s but BJ was cheered on by RW press.

@SarahScb @JohnBoyHastings Who has been "orchestrating" it? Don't be silly. He's shown himself to be a person of appalling judgement. Cummings did pass vetting. Johnson also cleared vetting. So why do you assert the opposite?Wishful thinking. Always happy to help.

@IainDale @JohnBoyHastings You’re wrong Iain. Starmer’sa decent man, yes, he’s made mistakes but there has been an orchestrated attempt to get rid of him from day one. Did Cummings pass his security clearance? Johnson didn’t and became Foreign Secretary, from the media … nothing! I’m sick of this manhunt.

On the train home after a brilliant weekend in Aberdeen, where I sold a lot of copies of my Thatcher biography at two different events. Lovely audiences with brilliant questions. Thanks to Lars Frevert for organising. Stena Drilling for sponsoring & @HarrietCross_MP for hosting.

@JohnBoyHastings You don’t care we have a PM who hasn’t got a clue. Well that tells me a lot about you.

@IainDale Outside Westminster

New Article: Oh Mandy - The Sequel... The Scandal That Exposed Starmer "Starmer reminds us that he was a barrister. He knows that ignorance is no defence in a court of law. It follows therefore, that it is no defence in the court of public opinion." Read iaindale.com/articles/oh-ma…

New episode of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast 116. Vetting away with it @tgessadunlop and I discuss Mandelson's vetting - and whether it's a Westminster village story (Tessa thinks so!) - the decline in reading and more! Listen podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/116…