The prime minister’s leadership is still in the spotlight after Mandelson was appointed US ambassador after he failed security vetting
Liz Kendall said Keir Starmer should not lose his job over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador because he has “made the right calls” on the big issues facing the country.
The science and technology secretary was asked by Trevor Phillips on Sky if Starmer’s poor judgment in appointing Mandelson was the root of the issue.
She replied: “I don’t agree with that. I think the failure of judgment here was the failure to tell the prime minister that Peter Mandelson, who actually is responsible for all of this … the person that I am angry at is Peter Mandelson.”
Kendall went on to say Starmer had “absolutely not” ignored Jeffrey Epstein’s victims by making the appointment, and said she supported him in the decisions he had made over many big issues.
