00:00Well, Peter Panelson should never have been appointed to his role.
00:04It's been a damaging episode for the government.
00:07Keir Starmer knows that.
00:09He's very clear.
00:10He's held his hands up and said he shouldn't have made that appointment.
00:15And, you know, in a sense there's detailed questions about the vetting and all of that,
00:21but the fundamentals are the Prime Minister has taken responsibility for this appointment
00:25and it shouldn't have been made.
00:26Well, the Prime Minister said that he shouldn't have made the judgment.
00:30What he was facing, though, was the Trump presidency taking place
00:36with all kinds of economic and foreign policy challenges
00:39and he was persuaded he needed somebody who could provide a link to the Trump administration,
00:45which is why he chose Peter Panelson.
00:47Now, I'm not defending the decision.
00:49He's not defending the decision.
00:50It was the wrong decision.
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