Sorcha Eastwood: Mandelson Wouldn’t Pass Vetting for a Kids’ Football Club

Sorcha Eastwood: Mandelson wouldn’t pass vetting for a kids’ football club

She went on to ask, "Will the real prime minister please stand up?"

What went wrong with the vetting of Peter Mandelson?

The latest edition of my email newsletter about work in Parliament, A Lord’s Eye View, is out and you can also read it in full below. But if you’d like to get future editions emailed direct to you as soon as they are published, sign up now: The chamber was not quite this full when I spoke. Photograph © House of Lords 2025 / photography by Roger Harris. I responded on behalf of the Liberal Democrats to two government statements in the House of Lo…

What is happening with Mandelson vetting?

MPs question Starmer over Peter Mandelson’s US ambassador vetting A major UK parliamentary controversy is centered on whether Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government handled the vetting process for Labour figure Peter Mandelson, who was appointed to become US ambassador. Multiple related items…