(Adnkronos) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he is “absolutely furious” about the Mandelson case. Speaking to journalists from Paris, where he is for the conference on security in the Strait of Hormuz, the head of the London government called it “unforgivable” and “shocking” that he had not been told that Mandelson “had not passed security checks while I was speaking in Parliament stating that the prescribed procedures had been followed.”
“Not only was I not informed, but no minister was informed, and I am absolutely furious about this,” he continued, announcing that he intends to go to Parliament on Monday to “lay out all relevant facts in full transparency, so that Parliament has a complete picture of the situation.”
Asked if he considered it credible that a senior public official had “unilaterally” overridden the outcome of the security check to approve a political appointment, the Prime Minister reiterated: “I was not told that he had not passed the security check. No minister was informed that he had not passed the security check, Number 10 was not told that he had not passed the security check.” “It is totally unacceptable that the Prime Minister – who makes the appointment – is not informed that the security check has failed,” he states.
