‘Just F**king Approve It’ – Mandelson Saga Drags On
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🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Sacked foreign office head Olly Robbins has given some head-turning evidence to the foreign affairs select committee over Peter Mandelson’s ambassadorial appointment.
Plus: Questions arise over Trump’s erratic behaviour ahead of the Iran ceasefire deadline, and Does Britain even have a military strategy?
With Aaron Bastani & James Schneider
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Navarra Live. Coming up tonight, Sacked Foreign Office head. |
| 0:03.2 | Olly Robbins has given some head-turning evidence, the Foreign Affairs Select Committee |
| 0:07.2 | over Peter Mandelson's controversial ambassadorial appointment. |
| 0:11.7 | Questions arise over Donald Trump's erratic nature ahead of the deadline for the ceasefire |
| 0:16.4 | in the US's illegal war on Iran. And we ask, does Britain have a military strategy? I'm Aaron Bustani, |
| 0:23.9 | and tonight I'm joined by James Schneider. Hello. That third story is hinging on an article |
| 0:31.4 | you've just published with the new statesman about the military. Very well written. I can't |
| 0:36.6 | wait to cover it. |
| 0:38.7 | How are you generally, though? |
| 0:40.3 | I'm extremely well, thank you. |
| 0:41.1 | Yeah, very well. |
| 0:42.0 | Enjoy myself. |
| 0:43.5 | James Schneider, of course, |
| 0:46.2 | famously confused with Tom Cruise by Mail Online a few years back. |
| 0:50.7 | If only the rest of us could get those kinds of mistakes in the national press. |
| 0:56.1 | So it wouldn't go amiss, would it? |
| 0:58.0 | Before we go any further on tonight's show, just a disclosure, my wife is a Labour Party counsellor. |
| 1:05.6 | James's wife is also a staffer at the Labour Party, an employee of the Labour Party. |
| 1:10.2 | It's important, given the nature of the stories we're talking about tonight, particularly the first story, that we make these things clear. You won't hear that kind of honesty up front in most of the media. We think it's kind of important here at Navarra Media. If you'd like to support our work, you can, of course, sign up at Navaramea.com forward slash support. And you can listen |
| 1:29.2 | to this show, although why when you love watching it with Mr. Tom Cruise over here on Spotify and |
| 1:35.1 | Apple Podcasts as well? And of course, don't forget to let us know what you think this show is about |
| 1:40.4 | and for you. Morgan McSweeney, the Chief of Staff, rang Sir Philip, |
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