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Keir Starmer has been accused of ignoring safety issues put ahead by Britain’s spooks when he pressed forward with appointing Lord Mandelson as his ambassador in Washington. Sky News experiences two sources who insist that the safety providers did flag issues about Lord Mandelson to No. 10 as a part of the vetting course of, however had been overruled by Downing Street.

This morning Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesman defended the vetting system, whereas suggesting that the emails between Lord Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein didn’t floor. It is known that the embarrassing love-filled communication between the 2 had been despatched from an previous e-mail deal with that Lord Mandelson didn’t have entry to when the vetting course of was carried out. Responding to Sky’s claims, Conservative Foreign Secretary Priti Patel mentioned the revelations are “extraordinary”.

Dame Priti blasted: “For Keir Starmer, and his Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney, to have appointed Lord Mandelson despite concerns being raised by the Security Services shows a blatant disregard of all national security considerations and their determination to promote their Labour Party friends.

“Starmer leads a crisis riddled government consumed by a chaos of his own making, because he puts his Party before the needs of our country.

“The country deserves the honest truth this spineless Prime Minister refuses to give them.”

The Tories have demanded all paperwork from the vetting course of to be made public.

Sir Keir’s chief of employees Morgan McSweeney can be underneath mounting strain, who’s near Lord Mandelson and is believed to have been eager on his appointment to Washington.

Shadow minister Alex Burghart warned: “Knives coming out for McSweeney now”.

This morning the PM’s spokesman insisted that Sir Keir has full religion in his total Downing Street group.

Lord Mandelson was sacked this morning, with No. 10 claiming it was a results of new emails between him and the notorious paedophile displaying that their high diplomat didn’t imagine Mr Epstein’s guilt when he first went to jail on youngster intercourse offences.

In the damning new emails, Lord Mandelson instructed his “best pal” Epstein to “fight for early release” shortly earlier than he was sentenced to 18 months in jail.

And in 2008 he instructed the billionaire financier – discovered lifeless in his cell in 2019 awaiting trial for molesting tons of of schoolgirls – that “I think the world of you and I feel hopeless and furious about what has happened.”

A spokesman mentioned: “In light of the additional information in emails written by Peter Mandelson, the Prime Minister has asked the Foreign Secretary to withdraw him as Ambassador. The emails show that the depth and extent of Peter Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein is materially different from that known at the time of his appointment. In particular Peter Mandelson’s suggestion that Jeffrey Epstein’s first conviction was wrongful and should be challenged is new information.”

“In gentle of that, and aware of the victims of Epstein’s crimes he has been withdrawn as Ambassador with speedy impact.”

Top Tories have now advised the Prime Minister might be “gone by Christmas” because of yet one more main scandal that raises critical questions on his judgement and motive.