Starmer's Liability Looms Large Over Mandelson's Security Vetting Failure

I’m going to be controversial here: Have a thought for what our #politicians are subjected to, and maybe empathise a bit while still being critical of their policy decisions — because that is our #DemocraticDuty to criticise policies and decisions. To put it into context: Have you ever tried to discuss any subject in a rational, logical and thoughtful way with a #RWNJ ? How did that go? Did it leave you frustrated? Were you left confused about the arguments they forced upon you? Did you get the run around with no way to get back to the subject at hand? Were you bombarded by so many examples and statistics that you don’t remember a single on to fact check later on? Did you give up and felt like you’re talking to a wall? Did the RWNJ walk away feeling they’s just won the argument? Sounds familiar? Well imagine going to the office and dealing with this shit day in, day out, 10 to 16 hours a day (maybe more). That is what a polititian deals with. That is what lobbysts (registered or otherwise) do for a living, they act like the RWNJs for whichever organisation pays them to do so. Think about the coping mechanisms used by those besieged polititicians and what that does to their deceision-making. They get no training to deal with the constant harrasments, the deluge of information, misinformation, disinformation, political blackmail, and stabs in the back. Is it any wonder then we are living with systems in decline? Am I happy about all this? No. Who’d want to be a politician in this day and age? #politics #Representation #DemocraticInstitutions

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“Starmer says it is ‘staggering’ and ‘unforgivable’ he was not told Mandelson failed vetting.” They couldn’t organise the proverbial brewery event. #Labour #Starmer

Mandelson saga is a messy palaver – and the questions continue to swirl Plenty in Westminster knew the Lord Mandelson saga was going to cause the prime minister more grief. But… #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #UK #UnitedKingdom https://www.newsbeep.com/489699/

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‘Pure shock’: how ministers reacted to revelation of Mandelson vetting failure | Peter Mandelson When the Guardian revealed that Peter Mandelson had failed his vetting checks before being appointed as British ambassador… #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #UK #UnitedKingdom https://www.newsbeep.com/490087/

Starmer’s Mandelson nightmare never ends. This time, it may cost him his job as U.K. leader LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer probably wishes he had never heard the name Peter Mandelson. Subscribe… #UnitedKingdom #UK #Europe #EU #GreatBritain https://www.europesays.com/2928311/

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STAR HänGER: MANDELSON SHADOW LOOMS OVER PREMIER Prime Minister Starmer faces ongoing questions about Lord Mandelson's security vetting failure for an ambassador role. Who is affected and what happens next? #Starmer #Mandelson #SecurityVetting #UKPolitics #DowningStreet https://newsletter.tf/starmer-mandelson-security-vetting-questions/

In a 20-pg opinion, Friedman described a dangerous “curtailment of First Amendment rights,” made “even more so in a time of #war.” The judge said that he has received “dozens of letters & postcards from people across the country” over the past few weeks about what the #FirstAmendment means to them. #law #Constitution #FreePress #FreeSpeech #press #journalism #FourthEstate #access #Trump #Hegseth #dictatorship #fascism #propaganda

“Foreign Minister #PennyWong flagged on Thursday that #Australia would be signing up to a new international treaty if it accepted Trump’s invitation, while also defending the government’s decision to invite Israeli President #IsaacHerzog to visit Australia after the #Bondi Beach massacre.” VS Foreign Allies: “For #Australia not to be a part of it, especially as much noise as they made last year about how we needed to do more for #Gaza, and then now you have the opportunity, and you say, ‘yeah, we said a lot of that, but we didn’t mean it, and we’re not going to actually do it’,” <https://theage.com.au/politics/federal/labor-stalls-on-trump-s-board-of-peace-invitation-as-trump-envoy-issues-warning-20260205-p5nzr3.html> / <https://archive.md/KsFv6> / #OpPaladin / #UNIFIL

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The real reason I’m having to spend so much time sweating in the hot garden today – because His Royal Highness, The King of Me, demands it 😽🙇‍♂️ For some reason, he’s now decided to take a nap under the lavender bush, where moments before I had witnessed some truly shocking interspecies carnage 🙀 Pictures to follow 😬✌️ #Tigger 😻 #Bengals 🐅 #Caturday 🐈