Starmer Accused of Lying Over Mandelson's Failed US Security Vetting Amid Calls for Dismissal
Key points
OPPOSE
Starmer must be lying about not knowing Mandelson failed vetting due to personal loyalty.
@[email protected] asserts that Starmer's friendship with Mandelson proves he knowingly covered up the vetting failure.
SUPPORT
Either incompetence or active deception justifies Starmer's removal from office.
@[email protected] argues that both remaining ignorant or being a liar warrants his immediate dismissal.
SUPPORT
Starmer had a proactive duty to verify vetting, even if officials failed to inform him.
@[email protected] warns that the failure to check the vetting constitutes compromising national security regardless of official disclosure.
SUPPORT
Starmer exhibits a pattern of misleading behavior unrelated to this incident.
@[email protected] points to his 2017 participation in the Trilateral Commission without informing his leader as evidence of 'career-enhancing ignorance'.
SUPPORT
The 'due process' defense is weak given the documented reasons for the vetting failure.
@[email protected] notes the Guardian report cited Epstein ties and sharing market-sensitive information as reasons for Mandelson's failure.
Source posts
It is inconceivable that Keir Starmer, as the Prime Minister, was not told that man who was being prepared to take on the country's most senior ambassadorial role was not told he had failed security vetting.
Once you see it in that way, you know he MUST BE LYING
#StarmerOut
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Starmer's go-to excuse: 'I was in the dark'. Don't believe it.
"Starmer has followed a trajectory of career-enhancing ignorance."
This week, Starmer said he didn't know Mandelson had failed security vetting for the post of US ambassador.
Note: In 2017, Starmer joined the oligarchs' Trilateral Commission without telling his then leader, Corbyn. Notably, Mandelson was also invited.
https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/
Re TriCom
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/an-excess-of-democracy-how-corporations-killed-the-campus,15165
#UKPol #USPol #Starmer #Mandelson #news #TriCom .
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/440991/ Keir Starmer facing mounting pressure over Peter Mandelson vetting decision – The Journal #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #epstein #EpsteinFiles #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #KeirStarmer #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #PeterMandelson #PeterMandelsonVetting #TopStories #TopStories #UK #UkPolitics #vetting #World #WorldNews #WorldNews
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Keir Starmer claims that he ‘wasn’t told’ Mandelson failed vetting ahead of US appointment
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https://www.independent.ie/world-news/britain/keir-starmer-claims-that-he-wasnt-told-mandelson-failed-vetting-ahead-of-us-appointment/a1173707110.html
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Pressure on Starmer grows over Mandelson vetting despite ousting of Foreign Office official – UK politics live https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2026/apr/18/keir-starmer-peter-mandelson-olly-robbins-antonia-romeo-labour-uk-politics-latest-news-updates #UkNews #Politics #PeterMandelson #KeirStarmer #Labour #Conservatives #LabourPartyLeadership #ReformUk #GreenParty
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From AP: Starmer 'absolutely furious' that he wasn’t told Peter Mandelson failed security vetting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmjUb_jAh6I&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon * VSN-GDPM c1996 #news #SupportIndependentMedia #vsn
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Starmer's go-to excuse: 'I was in the dark'. Don't believe it.
"Starmer has followed a trajectory of career-enhancing ignorance."
This week, Starmer said he didn't know Mandelson had failed security vetting for the post of US ambassador.
Note: In 2017, Starmer joined the oligarchs' Trilateral Commission without telling his then leader, Corbyn. Notably, Mandelson was also invited.
https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/
Re TriCom
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/an-excess-of-democracy-how-corporations-killed-the-campus,15165
#UKPol #USPol #Starmer #Mandelson #news #TriCom .
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#Starmer says he is "absolutely furious" that no one told him Peter Mandelson, who also happens to be Epstein's friend, failed the security vetting. In fact, he is lying. In February
https://xcancel.com/BowesChay?t=QFoJsi-uSAZs44kgWy2SIQ&s=35
0 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · Apr 18, 2026
#starmer
Starmer's go-to excuse: 'I was in the dark'. Don't believe it.
"Starmer has followed a trajectory of career-enhancing ignorance."
This week, Starmer said he didn't know Mandelson had failed security vetting for the post of US ambassador.
Note: In 2017, Starmer joined the oligarchs' Trilateral Commission without telling his then leader, Corbyn. Notably, Mandelson was also invited.
https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/
Re TriCom
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/an-excess-of-democracy-how-corporations-killed-the-campus,15165
#UKPol #USPol #Starmer #Mandelson #news #TriCom .
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https://www.europesays.com/news/17693/ Starmer rejects calls to quit as pressure mounts over Mandelson vetting | Politics News #corruption #Europe #Headlines #News #Politics #TopStories #UnitedKingdom
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@NicelyManifest #Starmer's political career has been built on shameless, sustained Big Lies. Big strategic falsehoods, calculated to deceive not just about detail, but about core principles.
This instance is interesting, because because it's about a narrow point of detail which is entirely falsifiable. It seems that he has become careless in his mendacity.
0 boosts · 0 favs · 1 replies · Apr 17, 2026
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1/ 🚨 KEIR STARMER’S JUDGMENT DAY: The Guardian just dropped a nuclear revelation that could end this premiership. Peter Mandelson, our former US Ambassador, actually FAILED his top-level security vetting. Intel warned he was a risk due to his Jeffrey Epstein ties—including claims he shared market-sensitive info. Yet No. 10 pushed it through anyway. The "due process" defense is in tatters. 🏛️ #UKPolitics #Labour #Starmer #Mandelson #Epstein #Politics #News
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/keir-starmer-faces-judgment-day-as-mandelson-vetting-debacle-grows
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