There may be a smidgen of good news in these desperate times: the completion of the “new” Labour project. This would finally be accomplished, proclaimed Tony Blair, “when the Labour Party learns to love Peter Mandelson”. Presumably this has now come to pass, with Baron Mandy glorying in his elevated role as First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Lord President of the Council, de facto Deputy Prime Minister and saviour of Gordon Brown’s job.
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