Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander has admitted the furore over the firing of Lord Peter Mandelson is "not headlines anybody wanted". He says: "The reason he was appointed was a judgement that given the depth of his experience as a former trade commissioner for the European Union, his long experience in politics and doing politics at the highest international levels, he could do a job for the United Kingdom. "We knew this was an unconventional presidential administration, and that was the basis on which there was a judgement that we needed an unconventional ambassador." Live updates: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-angela-rayner-starmer-labour-badenoch-farage-reform-12593360 #skynews #uknews #politics #government #labourparty SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales