🏛️ Politics 22h ago · Ethan Croft

Seven things we learnt from Morgan McSweeney’s committee grilling

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Morgan McSweeney, the former chief of staff to the Prime Minister, has just finished speaking at the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. He was grilled for over two hours about the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as British ambassador to the United States, over which he resigned in February. Here are seven things we learnt from the session.



He regrets the Mandelson affair



Morgan McSweeney began this rare public appearance with a statement of contrition. He said that his advice to the Pri

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