Surreal

That's the core issue

So either Starmer applies the standard he imposed on Guildford, or Starmer becomes guilty of the moniker two tier Keir, with one rule for him and another rule for others

Labour aren't cleaning up politics after 14 years of Conservative chaos if they are applying two different standards

The tragedy is, if Starmer and Mahmood made the case for Guildford to remain, saying lessons learned new protocols in place to avoid a similar slip up

Then they could have made the case for Starmer to stay, lessons learned, etc

But they created a new standard forcing him out

Specifically, when Craig Guildford acknowledged a mistake over the Maccabi ban, one made by others not him, and corrected the record, he was still forced to resign by Starmer and Mahmood

So if Labour are being consistent with their standards, Starmer would also resign as Guildford did

The thing about Starmer and Mandelson @mrjamesob.bsky.social isn't so much the mistake of the appointment, as Ed Miliband rightly observed this am, even prime ministers make mistakes

It's about setting standards then applying them fairly, which is what Labour suggested they would do after 14 years

Yep, but he's not wrong

And glad that both Miliband and Lammy thought it was a bad idea

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Utterly surreal, Keir Starmer's Downing Street didn't think Peter Mandelson needed to pass security vetting 😱

Olyy Robbins,"There was no stipulation from No 10 that Peter Mandelson should be vetted"

"A position taken from the Cabinet Office was that there was no need to vet Mandelson"

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Sophy Ridge, "Should Keir Starmer lose his job?"

Ed Miliband, "I don't think so"

Sophy Ridge, "He made the error as you admit"

Ed Miliband, "Prime Ministers make errors, they're fallible, they're human"

"As you know I steered well clear of Peter Mandelson when I became leader in 2010"

Yum!

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Palantir in the NHS is linked to Mandelson

Mandelson is linked to Wes Streeting

Wes Streeting is defending Palantir’s involvement in the #NHS

Nothing to see or everything to see

Palantir must be removed from the NHS

He's bonkers

Probably healthier than a gulab jaman 🤭😁

Going strong at 93, the human body is remarkable. Wishing him the absolute best 🙏

They should be in every supermarket, a real tragedy that they're not :(

Good morning, can I tempt anyone with a sweet tooth with a super tasty gulab jaman? 😋

Have a good Tuesday ☺️🙏

Zarah Sultana, "The Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, is a bare-faced liar"

Lindsey Hoyle, "Sit and leave now"

Then votes her out of the house

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Keir Starmer denies misleading the house and hasn't apologised"

"Even though he agrees that parliament should have been told"

The absolute cheek of Robert Jenrick criticising Keir Starmer over anything

Mark Francois, "Did he ever ask if Mandelson failed vetting?"

Keir Starmer, "Mandelson was given clearance, that was the clear position, he was given clearance, that's the fact as I've set them out"

Mark Francois smirks

Ellie Chowns, "Prime Minister Keir Starmer was more interested in pandering to Donald Trump than with standing with the victims and survivors"

Keir Starmer, "I wasn't given the information I should have been given"

Lee Anderson is told to leave the chamber

After saying Keir Starmer has lied

And after refusing to withdraw the remark when Lindsey Hoyle asked him to

Keir Starmer, "When I spoke to Olly Robbins on Thursday, his view was that he couldn't provide this information to me because he wasn't allowed to"

Stephen Flynn, "The most important truth in this entire process is the Prime Minister of the UK chose to ignore the victims of Jeffrey Epstein"

"The PM blames all of this on the judgment of others"

"But I'm interested in his judgment"

"Does he believe himself to be gullible, incompetent, or both"

Diane Abbott, "It's one thing to say as he insists on saying: nobody told me, nobody told me anything"

"The question is, why didn't the Prime Minister ask"