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Guido Fawkes17 Apr 2026

Downing Street Refuses to Back Foreign Office After Mandelson Debacle

Number 10 has refused to say it has confidence in the FCDO as an institution in light of the Mandelson saga. It insists not a single minister, including Starmer, Lammy, or Cooper, knew he had failed vetting. Even though David Maddox spoke to then-Comms chief Tim Allan about the story back in September… Asked directly…

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Guido Fawkes17 Apr 2026

Mandelson’s Vetting Timeline Does Not Add Up With Starmer’s Claims

We know Mandelson was given developed vetting (even though it now emerges he had failed) on 6th January 2025. He was pictured in the street with a DV level pass with that issue date. What has transpired since then? On 11 September 2025 The Independent’s Political Editor asked Downing Street to comment on claims Mandelson…

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Guido Fawkes17 Apr 2026

Starmer: It Is “Unforgivable” I Was “Not Told” Mandelson Failed Vetting

Yet another scandal Can’t Recall Keir knew the square root of nothing about…

Guido Fawkes17 Apr 2026

Yvette Cooper Claims to Have Been in the Dark on Mandelson Vetting Failure

Yvette Cooper has briefed the Guardian’s Pippa Crerar that she only became aware of the Mandelson vetting debacle last night when it hit the headlines. She then spent the evening in discussions with Starmer, and they made the call to bin Olly Robbins as the FCDO’s Permanent Secretary. Yet another name to the list of…

Defence
Guido Fawkes17 Apr 2026

Starmer Odds-on to Be Out This Year

At the time of going to pixel, the bookies think it’s more likely than not that Starmer will be booted from Number 10 this year. Odds have shortened to 1/3 at one high street book, with most of the ring between 2/5 and 1/2. An implied 67–75% chance he’s out by Christmas at the very…

Guido Fawkes17 Apr 2026

FLASHBACK: Starmer Claims Mandelson PASSED Security Vetting

Starmer on the record, in full view of the media, on 5th February: “There was then… security vetting carried out independently by the security services, which is an intensive exercise … that gave [Mandelson] clearance for the role.” A day earlier, Badenoch asked him in the Commons if “the security vetting he received mention[ed] Mandelson’s…

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Guido Fawkes17 Apr 2026

Darren Jones Claims “Furious” Starmer Did Not Mislead Parliament Over Mandelson Appointment

The key lines from Darren Jones’s spin operation on the morning round: Labour insists Starmer did NOT mislead Parliament because the ‘process’ (Starmer’s favourite word) that existed at the time was technically followed, so saying “due process was followed” to the House was correct. Right… Mandelson failing security vetting and the Foreign Office overruling it…

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Guido Fawkes16 Apr 2026

Starmer Sacks FCDO Permanent Secretary Olly Robbins

Starmer, who claims not to have known about Mandelson’s rejection for Developed Vetting and the subsequent overturn, has sacked FCDO permanent secretary Olly Robbins. Hurled under the bus…

Guido Fawkes16 Apr 2026

Rumours Team Streeting Offered Yvette Cooper Job of Chancellor

Downing Street is in meltdown over the news that Mandelson failed security vetting. The latest well-sourced tale doing the rounds in SW1 is that Team Streeting offered Yvette Cooper the chancellorship if she backed Wes. This was around the time Anas Sarwar went over the top and called for Starmer to go. A fluid situation…

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Guido Fawkes16 Apr 2026

Everything Labour Has Banned or Wants to Ban

Today Water Minister Emma Hardy said she is considering banning over-the-counter flea medication for pets to crack down on ‘environmental contamination’. War has broken out in the Middle East, the country is flat broke, and we have no Navy. The government has no answers to the real problems, so instead it makes itself feel better…

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Guido Fawkes16 Apr 2026

Bursting the Bubble Gets a Makeover…

Welcome to new-look Bursting the Bubble, the data deep-dive that tells you what’s really happening outside the Westminster village. Exclusively for Guido members… Not a member? Click here to join…

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