POLL OF THE DAY: Does Keir Starmer have a 'dismissive approach' to national security?

Sir Olly Robbins, the former top official at the Foreign Office, said today that there was a 'dismissive approach' to Peter Mandelson's security vetting from Sir Keir Starmer's No 10.


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