Why the PM's account of events is utterly incredible

This is the front page of the Independent newspaper on 12th September 2025






















Right there on the front page of a national newspaper is a report - which we now know was correct - that Peter Mandelson "did not clear vetting" for the role of ambassador to the USA.

And this report was actually mentioned in the House of Commons by Rachel Gilmour MP on 16th September 2026.

The Prime Minister is now saying that he was not informed until this week of something which had been on the front page of a national newspaper SEVEN MONTHS AGO.

It beggars belief that nobody in Number ten would have drawn this to his attention.

The idea that nobody in number ten thought to check whether this report might be accurate before the PM and the Foreign Secretary told parliament and the country that the vetting procedures had all been followed is just not credible.

If it is true, Starmer is not competent to be Prime Minister. If it is a lie, Starmer has misled parliament and must resign.

Comments

Jim said…
A few weeks ago starmer stood up and said in pmqs that madleson lied to security vetting.
Now whist he didn't say "lied to pass security vetting" it unbelivable that he would make that statement without checking he passed it. If he dod then he has again proven himself an incompetent fool.

We then hear from starmer that starmer wasnt told mandleson failed vetting. But if mandleson failed vetting then he likely told the truth, so what exactly did he lie about?
Unless of course he tried to lie, got caught out, and thats why he failed. But if thats the case the pm must have known he failed because he lied.

Yo see however you look at it you are only left with 2 options.
1. The PM is an incompetent fool and must go
2. The PM has deliberatly misled the house and the public on several occasions and must go.
7:47 am
Chris Whiteside said…
I agree entirely, Jim. If Sir Keir Starmer's own account of what is happening is correct, if would have to mean the PM made statements about what Mandelson said in his security vetting without even having checked whether he passed it.

The Number Ten account makes no sense at all. Starmer is either too incompetent to be PM or too dishonest to be PM.
12:46 am
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