UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was grilled during questions in Parliament over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as Britain’s top diplomat to Washington, effectively brushing aside security concerns. Starmer faced calls to resign from the opposition, after former top civilian servant Olly Robbins testified this week that there was an “atmosphere of pressure” from Downing Street to approve Mandelson’s appointment so he could be in the post at the start of Donald Trump’s second term in office.
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