Journalist, once a senior Labour Party adviser, and author of the best-selling biography of Keir Starmer, now out in paperback with a new chapter on the election and first weeks in power.
Tom Baldwin
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In case anyone is in doubt about how tough - how lonely - it is “at the top” just now.
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I’m sure The Spectator will protect their source” but the suspicion is this was from Mandelson himself. If so, it’s a bit creepy that those who loudly condemn the government for having had anything to do with Mandelson will then take their “exclusives” from him - and “protect” - him.
Mandelson's always been bitchy about all Labour governments. We just didn't have the WhatsApp during the Blair/Brown years.
What’s puzzling about so much of today’s political coverage is that most commentators are still in thrall to - or excited by - Peter Mandelson’s idea of what makes a good politician even though they all agree he is a Very Bad Person is every other regard.
Whether it’s Peter Mandelson or Tony Blair, this Starmer government is struggling to escape the shadow of its predecessor
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Why is Westminster media addicted to crisis? Thank you @tombaldwin66.bsky.social for this.
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Keir Starmer has made mistakes – but he’s been trapped by journalism’s endless psychodrama
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Whether it’s Peter Mandelson or Tony Blair, this Starmer government is struggling to escape the shadow of its predecessor
