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Today, Olly Robbins the sacked former Foreign Office chief, says number 10 had a 鈥渄ismissive鈥� attitude to the vetting of Lord Mandelson.

Robbins told MPs when he took over the role there was "already a very very strong expectation" from No 10 that Mandelson "needed to be in post and in America as quickly as possible". Downing Street has denied showing a "dismissive" approach to the vetting, and says Robbins made an "error of judgement".

So where does this leave the Prime Minister? Adam and Chris discuss.

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