Ambassadorial appointments should be subject to veto by MPs, committee recommends
A UK parliamentary committee has recommended that MPs be given veto power over political ambassadorial appointments. This follows the controversial and short-lived appointment of Peter Mandelson to the Washington post, which the committee labeled a disaster.
The UK’s security vetting agency recommended that Peter Mandelson should not be awarded the high-level clearance required to be US ambassador. Photograph: Carl Court/Pool Getty Images/AP The UK’s security vetting agency recommended that Peter Mandelson should not be awarded the high-level clearance required to be US ambassador. Photograph: Carl Court/Pool Getty Images/AP UK news Ambassadorial appointments should be subject to veto by MPs, committee recommends Foreign affairs select committee says Peter Mandelson episode was ‘nothing short of disastrous’ for government
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