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Conservatives say Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is at "fault" for not vetting Peter Mandelson, it was "his responsibility" as Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Alex Burghart calls for the PM to resign. Report by Johals. 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 I want to see the Prime Minister resign.
00:02I don't believe anything that the Prime Minister says anymore.
00:05Prime Minister made a decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as our ambassador to Washington.
00:10We know that he was shown due diligence documents by the Cabinet Office
00:14that basically said don't appoint this man, the risks are too high.
00:17He went ahead and did it anyway.
00:19He had a specific responsibility in those circumstances
00:22to make sure that the security vetting was done properly.
00:25He clearly didn't do that.
00:27He says he wasn't told.
00:28I'm not sure it really matters whether he was told or not.
00:31He knew that he was taking a risk.
00:33That risk came apart.
00:35It's his responsibility.
00:36It's his fault.
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