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‘No oversight, no scrutiny!’ Tom Harwood rips into ‘chaotic’ Labour as ex-Ukip leader identifies only lifeboat for Government

Watch the moment Tom Harwood delivered a scathing rant against the “chaotic” Labour Government in a furious tirade on GB News.

The GB News host insisted the latest scandal over Peter Mandelson’s relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein could spell the end of the Labour Party, wondering whether the party could survive.

Blaring his fury live on air, Tom raged: “This is a scandal, frankly, over a lapse in judgment, to put it mildly.

“And yet, what we’ve seen over the course of last night, until now, is perhaps yet another lapse in judgment.

“This looks like a frankly chaotic Government that doesn’t know which way to face, that tries to get away with burying information, redacting pages and pages with no oversight, with no scrutiny.

“Now it seems like they’re going to have to U-turn on that again. I don’t know how many U-turns this Government’s now done.

“Frankly, can a Government survive when it when it doesn’t know which way to face, when it has quite so much chaos?”

But, joining the People’s Channel this afternoon, ex-Ukip leader Henry Bolton binned off the idea there could be an upcoming General Election.

Tom Harwood and Olivia Utley

Mr Bolton arged: “I think the Labour Party will remain in power. I don’t think that this would trigger a General Election…

“However, if anything is going to bring down the Prime Minister himself and move him, get him out of office in the coming weeks or months, it is going to be this.

“Possibly the only way of saving the Government is for the Prime Minister himself to go, if that makes sense, if indeed he’s found to have ignored advice on this.”

Earlier today at Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Keir said he knew when appointing Lord Mandelson as ambassador to the US the peer had kept in touch with Epstein following his conviction.

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“So it’s an incredibly serious moment.

“It is the biggest crisis that the Government has faced since they came to power.

“I mean, Keir Starmer is saying that he was lied to by Peter Mandelson, that although he knew there was a relationship between Mandelson and Epstein, he didn’t know the extent of that relationship.”

Since the fiery scenes playing out during a heated rendition of PMQs, a Downing Street source said: “Before Peter Mandelson was appointed, there had been reports that linked him with Jeffrey Epstein, including after he was first convicted.

“This was looked into as part of the appointment process, as the Prime Minister referenced today.

“Peter Mandelson lied to the Prime Minister, hid information that has since come to light and presented Epstein as someone he barely knew.

“In September, new information revealed the depth and extent of the relationship was materially different to what was known at the time of his appointment and that he had utterly misled the Prime Minister.

“He was swiftly sacked.”

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