Gary Gibbon
Ken Clarke, Peter Mandelson and the C word
Kenneth Clarke talks about cuts, while Peter Mandelson talks about “deficit reduction”, on the Today programme.
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Peter Mandelson warns Labour of tough road ahead
Peter Mandelson and Alastair Campbell say Labour should not be complacent despite good poll ratings, with Lord Mandelson warning that the party faces a much harder challenge than in 1997.
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Gary Gibbon
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Labour peer Lord Mandelson: Johnson ‘will manipulate timing of election to frustrate what we are doing to prevent no-deal Brexit’
The House of Lords could be in for a marathon session with scores of amendments to vote on, as government supporters launch a filibuster operation to stop the bill aimed at preventing no-deal from getting through.
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Ed Miliband taking Labour backwards, warns Mandelson
Ed Miliband’s energy plans risks taking the Labour party backwards, says former business secretary Lord Mandelson.
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Gary Gibbon
Why Nick Clegg talked to Blair and Mandelson
Gary Gibbon on why Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg felt compelled to call Tony Blair, Peter Mandelson and David Miliband in recent weeks.
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Tony Blair has spoken to Gaddafi, Mandelson confirms
Tony Blair has spoken to Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi in the last two days, Lord Mandelson has confirmed. The friendly relations date back to the “deal” struck over the Lockerbie bomber in 2007.
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Gary Gibbon
Why Mandelson didn’t answer the phone
Gary Gibbon blogs on the memoirs of Peter Mandelson.
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Gary Gibbon
Mandelson: a weekend to thrash out a deal
Gary Gibbon asks Lord Mandelson how long he thought Labour had to explore the possibilities of hanging on – he said a weekend felt about right, based on the precedent of February 1974.
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Gary Gibbon
In Birmingham, with microphones, Mandelson and Mein Kampf
Gordon Brown’s team is saying tonight’s final TV debate is not the last moment to switch voters.
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Gary Gibbon
Mandelson’s weapon of choice – a stick of rock
Gary Gibbon is at the seaside ahead of tonight’s Leaders TV debate in Manchester
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Gary Gibbon
Has Gordon Brown passed the Lord Mandelson test?
Gary Gibbon blogs on his #asktheleaders profile of Gordon Brown, and asks whether the prime minister has met the qualities that Lord Mandelson says are needed for a good PM.
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Gary Gibbon
Peter and Gordon – what really happened?
The Prime Minister was all smiles with Peter Mandelson at the London launch of the economic growth strategy, this afternoon. But yesterday, after a phone call around 8am, the two didn’t speak again. All day. Wasn’t Peter Mandelson meant to be the key strategist, right-hand man, Deputy Prime Minister in all but name? Yesterday morning’s…
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Gary Gibbon
Decoding Mandelson on Europe
Peter Mandelson’s piece in the Financial Times today is a veiled warning to EU Commission boss Manuel Barroso.
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Jon Snow
Mandelson, risen from the dead, is up and dangerous
Few of us thought we’d live to see the day when a Labour party conference would rise as one to their feet in a standing ovation for Peter Mandelson. But today they did. Of course, we have seen it before – when Michael Heseltine did the same for the improbable electoral prospects of John Major.
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Gary Gibbon
Wolf whistles for Mandelson, no ordinary Cabinet minister
The hall is nearly full for Peter Mandelson’s speech.
