Purple Electric
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Historic Lib Dem voter who is apparently now hard left without changing my views (I now vote Green). Cat lover. Passionate about justice and the rule of law.
Historic Lib Dem voter who is apparently now hard left without changing my views (I now vote Green). Cat lover. Passionate about justice and the rule of law.
![Badench claims Starmer did not ask questions about Mandelson because 'he didn't want to know'
Badenoch criticised Starmer for sacrificing his officials.
The prime minister has thrown his staff and his officials under the bus.
Yet this is a man who once said, “I will carry the can for the mistakes of any organisation I lead.”
Instead, he has sacked his cabinet secretary. He has sacked his director of communications, he has sacked his chief of staff and he has now sacked the permanent secretary of the Foreign Office.
All of these people fired for a decision he made.
Badenoch also criticised Starmer for not asking enough questions
[Starmer’s] defence is that he, a former director of public prosecutions, is so lacking in curiosity that he chose to ask no questions about the vetting process.
He asked no questions about Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein. He asked no questions about the security risk Mandelson posed. Apparently, he didn’t even speak to Peter Mandelson before his appointment. It doesn’t appear that he asked any questions at all. Why? Because he didn’t want to know.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:37zmlcooxfjfxkcqm34kst2u/bafkreihvxhn7zp4lcfpt7zoxdykaefvfoid3dgnwxrudnhn7fq6s3h7tvy)