Mandelson's Vetting Failure and Palantir Contracts: Critics Demand Starmer's Resignation

“While the reach and sophistication of these surveillance apparatuses escalate, so too are authoritarian movements,” EFF’s Daly Barnett told The Guardian. "I think people are recognizing those two trends and trying to figure out what to do about it.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/big-tech-breakup-parties

After the latest Mandelson revelations, Starmer needs to get a good lawyer. Wasn’t he supposed to be one? | Jonathan Freedland https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/17/peter-mandelson-keir-starmer-lawyer-prime-minister #KeirStarmer #PeterMandelson #ForeignCommonwealthAndDevelopmentOffice #Labour #UkNews #CrownProsecutionService #Politics

2/2 "Siân Berry, the Green party MP, said: “Keir Starmer has lied and lied again over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson and he must resign. Starmer told parliament ‘due process’ had been followed. This report makes clear that was untrue.” https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/starmer-mandelson-commons-inquiry-privileges-committee-vetting-ed-davey #KeirStarmer #Mandelson #Epstein #EpsteinFiles

@Geri The Daily Squib nails it on liar-in-chief #Starmer’s Mandelson contortions: “Prime Minister Keir Starmer today emphatically denied that he lied about the multitude of lies he told the press and public after appointing paedophile Epstein’s darling Peter Mandelson as a US ambassador to Britain despite him failing security vetting. Pointing at a blue curtain, Starmer said: ‘This curtain is red.’ Pointing at a chair, Starmer proclaimed in a calm robotic voice: ‘This is a potato’.” Read more here: https://www.dailysquib.co.uk/world/66549-starmer-i-did-not-lie-about-my-lie-to-appoint-mandelson-despite-my-lies.html #Press #SocialMedia #UK #Starmer #Labour #Mandelson #Lies

“Journalist publishes full interview with suspended Labour MP” by Willem Moore in The Canary @thecanaryuk @thecanary @UKLabour @uk_politics “On 31 March, we reported that Labour had suspended Karl Turner. Turner had criticised Labour’s plan to abolish jury trials as a universal right; he’d also given an interview to independent journalist and Canary contributor Jody McIntyre. Following his suspension, Turner tried to distance himself from McIntyre. Now, McIntyre has set the record straight” https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2026/04/04/labour-mp-journalist-publishes/ #Press #UK #SocialMedia #Labour #Austerity #WFA #FreeGearKier #Reeves #Starmer #BenefitsHarmer #Streeting #RachelThieves #FreezeAndStarve #TwoChildBenefitCap #ChildPoverty #Genocide #Complicity #Authoritarian #Hypocrisy #Lies #ToryContinuityParty #KidStarver #LabourVoteRigging #LabourCorruption #LabourFriendsOfBigBusiness #LabourGriendsOfGenocide #McSweeney #Mandelson #Turner #Suspension #Epstein #EpsteinFiles

“#palantir ‘s vice-like grip on our Government, and the role played by disgraced Peter #mandelson in brokering it, must be investigated urgently. All government contracts with this #Trump supporting spy tech company suspended immediately. “The PM has questions to answer about how this military surveillance outfit, with clear ties to Mandelson’s own lobbying firm, has been handed record-breaking multi million pound contracts from public money without competition.” Sian Berry, Green Party MP

Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out Keir #Starmer says it's 'staggering' he wasn’t told Mandelson failed security vetting. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nd41s3?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss (c) #BBC #News