Today at PMQs, Keir Starmer selectively quoted Olly Robbins’ evidence at the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.
Starmer said on Mandelson’s vetting: "no pressure existed whatsoever in relation to this case".
But Robbins’ own written evidence to the Committee talks of an “atmosphere of pressure" from No10.
On Monday, Robbins told the Committee: "Throughout January, honestly, my office and the Foreign Secretary’s office were under constant pressure. There was an atmosphere of constant chasing".
Starmer was therefore wrong to say that "no pressure existed whatsoever".
He must correct the record immediately.