Fundamentally, whether the vetting was passed or not, Mandelson had a shady past.

We all knew that. We talked about it when he got appointed as US ambassador.

I mean, we knew it was going to end in tears. So why didn't the Prime Minister?

We are running out of fuel for airplanes. Diesel. It could go on for weeks and months.

Markets are behaving as they are literally putting everything on red at the moment.

So the question everyone's asking is, is Starm are going to survive it?

What's your take on it?

That it's a question of when he goes, not if he goes.

Yeah. a question of when he goes, not if he goes. Hello and welcome to The Rest is Money with me, Steph McGovern.

And with me, Robert Peston.

Now, after more vetting scandal drama in the government, Robert's going to be telling us what's been going on behind the scenes.

Plus, we'll be looking at the high-profile cases in business when vetting has gone wrong with disastrous consequences.

We'll obviously bring you up to speed as well on what's happening globally, economically in terms of the US and oil prices and all the drama

with the streets of Hommuz and how that's feeding through into inflation.

He plus Miliband is adamant.

He doesn't want us to open up the North Sea to get more oil, but he has a plan instead

to tax his way to cheaper energy.

So Robert, let's start with the madness of the

week in terms of what's been happening with Mandelson and the vetting process. You've been fully

immersed in it. What's been going on behind the scenes? Because it's been wild watching it

unfold. It's been absolutely extraordinary. I mean, we started with an amazing leak, frankly, to the Guardian,

and of some of the most confidential secret information. You know, the details of UK security vettings,

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