{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69861398d4e01f1069d58875/69e7d03517df632b85fa2705?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Does Olly Robbins' testimony signal the end for Starmer?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69861398d4e01f1069d58875/1776799419460-a102f0f6-6e7f-4776-b289-38d68f6dbf28.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Westminster watchers have had their popcorn out over the past 24 hours.</p><p><br></p><p>On Monday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was grilled by MPs for two hours. A day later, Sir Olly Robbins, the sacked Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, gave a meticulous account to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. The result: fresh doubts over Starmer’s handling of Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador.</p><p><br></p><p>This week on&nbsp;<em>In The Room</em>, former Deputy Cabinet Secretary Helen MacNamara and ex-No.10 special adviser Cleo Watson share their reaction. They discuss how Robbins landed a series of hammer blows on Starmer in his testimony - and why new questions over the appointment of Matthew Doyle could prove to be his undoing.</p>","author_name":"The Independent / Next Chapter Studios"}