Robinson clashed with Douglas Alexander.Nick Robinson monstered a cabinet minister over the Peter Mandelson scandal in an extraordinary live radio clash.
The veteran Today programme presenter told Scottish secretary Douglas Alexander it was “frankly preposterous” to claim Keir Starmer knew nothing about the shamed former peer’s business and personal links before making his the UK’s ambassador to Washington.
Mandelson was sacked after just six months in the role after the full extent of his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein was revealed.
It emerged last week that he was also failed security vetting, allegedly over his lobbying company’s links to China, but was still cleared to take ...
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