Peter Mandleson. Now there’s a name to put the wind up even the most fervent of Government dissenters.
Never content to sit quietly and meander into the world of political oblivion, instead preferring to shape that world we now know as a bankrupt and misguided Britain in dire need of a change of direction and leadership.
You see, the trouble with Peter Mandleson is that he strives to be liked. He endeavours to live up to his family’s past and in particular Grandad Herbert.
Grandad Herbert (Morrison)
In doing so he spends much of his time sweeping up after others, protecting his employers whilst taking on much the same role as Harvey Keitel’s
Winston Wolf (The Cleaner) in Pulp Fiction.
That Peter Mandleson is actually in charge of this country in all but name at this very moment is not in question; certainly not between those that really understand the situation and are honest with themselves.
But there are in increasing numbers a population of deluded Socialist Twitterers that continue to post their comments of negativity towards any member of the Shadow Cabinet or Opposition Party and its supporters or members should they dare mention this fact.
Unofficially, Lord Mandelson holds exactly the same position within the Government as once held by Good old ‘Erb, the position of Deputy Prime Minister. But there, the similarities end.
Herbert was not a man after cheap praise, he was an honest, hard working Member of Parliament. He was Deputy to Clement Atlee‘s PM and had a hand in drafting the 1945 Labour General Election Manifesto. Herbert died when his grandson was 12 years old in 1965.
I have oft wondered what Herbert would’ve thought had he been alive today at the antics of his grandson. There’s the euphoria of the 1997 landslide General Election victory under Tony Blair, there is of course the ignominy of the double resignation from the Government.
The first resignation was in 1998 over the interest-free loan of £373,000 from Geoffrey Robinson who later accused Lord Mandelson of lying to the Commons about the home loan affair that cost both of them their Government jobs.
I find it hard to believe that as Geoffrey Robinson now sits on several Government committees alongside Lord Mandelson there aren’t still a few niggling annoyances amongst them, ahem.
The second resignation came in 2001 over a passport row for the Hinduja family amid their sponsorship of the Faith Zone in the Millennium Dome.
Those small issues aside it seems that working with Teflon Tony for so many years has actually rubbed off in some small part and Lord Mandelson continues to benefit where others fall by the wayside.
The final question one should ask is why does Mandy support #GoBro so fervently?
Well, there is always the possibility that he is simply passing the time and stacking the odds in his favour so that as the bricks tumble he can gather them and rise from the dust as the saviour of the Britons. I’ve long held this thought but am now happy to ditch it in favour of another equally ridiculous point to consider.
Due to the fact that Herbert lost his sight in one eye as a baby, perhaps, just perhaps Mandy sees a little bit of Good old ‘Erb in Grandad Gordon.
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for an 8monther and a 2yr old not good 