Welcome to an exclusive Ask Me Anything session with us, former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara and ex-special advisor Cleo Watson . You might also know us as the hosts of The Independent’s politics podcast, In The Room . To see our questions and answers, scroll down. Make sure to press the ‘load more’ button to read the full Q&A. In The Room hosts Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson are hosting a live Ask Me Anything on Wedesday 6 June (The Independent) It’s safe to say that there’s a fair bit going on in UK politics at the moment. To start, the Mandelson security vetting scandal has seen heads roll in the last week, and we’ve only had the first ‘tranche’ of files so far (which, as we discussed in episode four of In The Room , was more filler than killer). The entire sorry affair has, among other things, drawn criticism over Keir Starmer’s judgement from MPs within and outside of his party.…