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Shadow Home Office Minister Matt Vickers says that the scandal over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador has "disaster written all over it" for Sir Keir Starmer. "The Prime Minister's judgement is completely off", Vickers argues, saying that he appointed Mandelson "despite knowing" his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I think it's a disaster. It's got disaster written all over it.
00:03We're now at a point where it's emerged that the Prime Minister's judgment is completely off.
00:09He's appointed someone despite knowing, was appointed Mandelson despite knowing about his links.
00:15So this vile, depraved, evil paedophile, it's emerging that he's turned a blind eye, looked the other way as the vettings flagged this stuff.
00:25Because he's confessed at the dispatch box on Wednesday that he knew about these links at the time of appointment.
00:31It's a shambles. The country is ready to see the back of him and his own backbenchers appear ready to see the back of him now.
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