Welcome to an exclusive Ask Me Anything session with us, former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara and ex-special advisor to Theresa May and Boris Johnson, 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. 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. And while the prime minister managed to dodge a privileges committee inquiry this week, but his to-do list remains extensive. And thorny.…