Olly Robbins: Foreign Office under 'constant pressure' from No10 to sign off Peter Mandelson appointment
- Posted on April 21, 2026
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Olly Robbins: Foreign Office under 'constant pressure' from No10 to sign off Peter Mandelson appointment

Sacked foreign office boss Robbins accused Downing Street of a ‘dismissive approach’ to vetting and creating an ‘atmosphere of pressure’ to install disgraced peer in Washington as quickly as possible