His grandfather, Lord Morrison, was a bad lot too. It's odd that I've never seen Mandelson described as a "Red Prince" which is a pretty good sneer, as sneers go. Maybe journalists can't see beyond a surname.
How many other Labour leading figures are the grandchildren of Lords? Lisa Nandy, but at least her grandad was a Liberal. Hilary Benn of course. There ought to be a Wokeypedia page about it.
Google's AI turns up three children of Lords/Ladies:
"Hamish Falconer: A junior Foreign Office minister and MP, he is the son of Lord Falconer of Thoroton, the former Lord Chancellor.
Baroness Smith of Cluny: A Scottish law officer and daughter of former Labour leader John Smith; her mother, Elizabeth Smith, is also a life peer (Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill).
Markus Campbell-Savours: A newly elected Labour MP (2024), he is the son of Lord Campbell-Savours, a long-serving Labour peer."
Good to know that Labour objects to the hereditary principle, isn't it?
A strong piece - nice to see a return to form. Mandelson also passed sensitive UK policy information on to people he knew shouldn't be in possession of it. I would say crooked, but the juries out on that, so I shall merely call him morally dubious.
The fact is that if you turn anyone in this government over, underneath you find China. You find the monstrous, secretive new embassy. You suspect dirty money.
If I am the Jockey Club, I will be looking at their books to see which horse they are really backing.
Which now makes Starmer’s “ I knew nothing because I was told nothing of the failed vetting by UK Intelligence “ defence extremely problematical…. along side the letter written by Robbins confirming he was acting to follow a ministerial level confirmation that Number 10 had decided to appoint Mandelson? You know better than me , a lay person, how the No 10 Cabinet Office dovetails into UK Intelligence … utterly inconceivable that Starmer was unaware of the failed vetting. This will need a very smart calm and clinical examination from the opposition benches - a barn sized door that cannot be missed…. I just wonder who this will be today in the HoC…?
Thank you , only picked up a very small quip re China/Russia yesterday! Starmer’s government looking more like a dictatorship everyday, deliberately withholding critical information with the use of ‘it’s’ press!
I wish this analysis could be shouted from the rooftops in central London...well, actually, in every ward in the forthcoming local elections as an immediate democratic signal. I am ordering in a catering-size carton of popcorn in readiness for Starmer's defence of the indefensible this afternoon in the HoC.
This piece deserves to be published far and wide and should be top of the news. This government (I use the term loosely ) is dangerous and needs to go.
I couldn’t agree more. This is like the 1950s spy scandal (Burgess, Blunt etc) except that those spies weren’t appointed as US ambassador by the PM of the time.
His grandfather, Lord Morrison, was a bad lot too. It's odd that I've never seen Mandelson described as a "Red Prince" which is a pretty good sneer, as sneers go. Maybe journalists can't see beyond a surname.
How many other Labour leading figures are the grandchildren of Lords? Lisa Nandy, but at least her grandad was a Liberal. Hilary Benn of course. There ought to be a Wokeypedia page about it.
Google's AI turns up three children of Lords/Ladies:
"Hamish Falconer: A junior Foreign Office minister and MP, he is the son of Lord Falconer of Thoroton, the former Lord Chancellor.
Baroness Smith of Cluny: A Scottish law officer and daughter of former Labour leader John Smith; her mother, Elizabeth Smith, is also a life peer (Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill).
Markus Campbell-Savours: A newly elected Labour MP (2024), he is the son of Lord Campbell-Savours, a long-serving Labour peer."
Good to know that Labour objects to the hereditary principle, isn't it?
A strong piece - nice to see a return to form. Mandelson also passed sensitive UK policy information on to people he knew shouldn't be in possession of it. I would say crooked, but the juries out on that, so I shall merely call him morally dubious.
The fact is that if you turn anyone in this government over, underneath you find China. You find the monstrous, secretive new embassy. You suspect dirty money.
If I am the Jockey Club, I will be looking at their books to see which horse they are really backing.
Which now makes Starmer’s “ I knew nothing because I was told nothing of the failed vetting by UK Intelligence “ defence extremely problematical…. along side the letter written by Robbins confirming he was acting to follow a ministerial level confirmation that Number 10 had decided to appoint Mandelson? You know better than me , a lay person, how the No 10 Cabinet Office dovetails into UK Intelligence … utterly inconceivable that Starmer was unaware of the failed vetting. This will need a very smart calm and clinical examination from the opposition benches - a barn sized door that cannot be missed…. I just wonder who this will be today in the HoC…?
Thank you , only picked up a very small quip re China/Russia yesterday! Starmer’s government looking more like a dictatorship everyday, deliberately withholding critical information with the use of ‘it’s’ press!
He’s a Europhile. The EU is a far greater threat than Russia.
I wish this analysis could be shouted from the rooftops in central London...well, actually, in every ward in the forthcoming local elections as an immediate democratic signal. I am ordering in a catering-size carton of popcorn in readiness for Starmer's defence of the indefensible this afternoon in the HoC.
This piece deserves to be published far and wide and should be top of the news. This government (I use the term loosely ) is dangerous and needs to go.
Lord Mandelson sings:
Dear kindly Sir Keir Starmer,
You gotta understand,
I ain't no nasty harmer,
Just gettin' out of hand.
My mother was a junkie,
My father was a drunk.
Golly Moses, 'course I am a punk!
Gee, Sir Keir Starmer, you got me all upset;
I never had the love that ev'ry child oughta get.
I ain't no delinquent,
I'm misunderstood.
Deep down inside me there is good!
My Daddy beat my Mummy,
My Mummy clobbered me,
My Grandpa was a Commie,
Grandma was TT,
My sister wears a mustache,
My brother wears a dress.
Goodness gracious, that's why I'm a mess!
OR LEMME TELL IT TO THE WORLD!
I'm no good, I'm no good!
I'm no earthly good,
Like the best of us is no damn good!
The trouble is I'm crazy,
The trouble is I drink,
The trouble is I'm lazy,
The trouble is I stink.
Ha, ha, Starmer, you got troubles of your own!
I couldn’t agree more. This is like the 1950s spy scandal (Burgess, Blunt etc) except that those spies weren’t appointed as US ambassador by the PM of the time.
McSweeney is of Irish (Catholic) heritage. Obsession with Jews is not healthy old chap.