The former Foreign Office chief only faced the “everyday pressure of Government” during the vetting process for Lord Peter Mandelson , Sir Keir Starmer has said standing by his decision to sack him. The prime minister insisted that he would not have made Lord Mandelson his diplomat to Washington had Sir Olly Robbins told him the outcome of the so-called developed vetting process. Earlier this week, Sir Olly said there was an “atmosphere of pressure” and “constant chasing” from Downing Street while the checks were taking place. But during Prime Minister’s Questions this week, Sir Keir said that “no pressure existed whatsoever in relation to this case”. Speaking to The Sunday Times , he made a distinction between “different types of pressure”. “There’s pressure – ‘Can we get this done quickly?’ – which is not an unusual pressure. That is the everyday pressure of Government,” he said.…