Olly Robbins exposed a deeper failure: when the prime minister’s decision came first, security vetting was left to catch up after the fact Olly Robbins exposed a deeper failure: when the prime minister’s decision came first, security vetting was left to catch up after the fact I t was a classic Whitehall performance: understated and explosive. Sir Olly Robbins did not bluster in front of MPs. The sacked Foreign Office chief calmly stuck to the language of process. He admitted clearing Peter