starmer threw mandelson under the bus repeatedly with him (p.m.) lying about his ongoing relationship and communications with epstein. it paints k.s. as willfully naive at best, or enablingly looking the other way at worst.
They are battling over who gets the say, government with the big majority doesn't want to end up hamstrung, opposition demands ISC oversight and trust them with both information re national security and then information crucial to police inquiry. 'International relations' seems the sticking point, as it is rather vague, who is it they don't want to upset? It's like the dances they did in the lords over the super-injunctions messes from a few years back.
"Which of our foreign allies had something to say re the appointment of mandelson" - interesting. Who's flagged him up as a stooge? And who's ignored any warnings.