Robbins Sacked Over Mandelson Vetting Scandal

On April 21st, UK Prime Minister Sachs or Ali Robbins last week over a security vetting

mess with Lord Mandelson's appointment as ambassador.

Robbins, the former top foreign office official, didn't flag that Mandelson failed initial

checks, but the office still granted him top level.

Clearance anyway, this is powered on pressure for labor leader Sir Keir Starmer.

The drama unfolded at a Westminster committee where Robbins testified on Tuesday, sparking

even more questions about how decisions got made.

Officials pushed through the vetting despite red flags, raising big concerns on national

security protocols.

Northern Ireland's first minister, Michelle O'Neill, weighed in at a bellfast event on

tackling violence against women.

She called it a judgment issue for the British public, Westminster, and Labor, to sort out

if Starmer's shown enough accountability.

Deputy First Minister Emma Little Pangeli, from the DUP, slammed the whole affair, saying

it erodes trust in politics and demands straight answers from.

The Prime Minister, she pointed to fresh committee details making things look worse.

As these hearings roll on, the spotlight stays hot on government vetting processes and

who's really calling the shots behind closed doors.