U.K. Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch spoke to BBC Breakfast after top civil servant at the Foreign Office Olly Robbins, said he will leave his post after his department did not inform the Prime Minister Keir Starmer ,that Lord Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting for the role of US ambassador.

Starmer claimed he was unaware that the Foreign Office had overruled the recommendation of security officials in early 2025 not to give Peter Mandelson the job. Many considered Mandelson a risky appointment because of his past friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The top Foreign Office civil servant, Olly Robbins, took the fall for the decision and resigned late Thursday. Starmer is due to make a statement to Parliament on the issue on Monday.

Badenoch: “Everybody who has been put in the firing line has been sacked to protect Keir Starmer’s skin”