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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

Mandy wonders where it all went wrong as Labour throws him to the wolves

Peter Mandelson
Looking back, were there things Mandelson might have done differently? Perhaps. But not many. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Last week, Peter Mandelson was giving his comeback interview to the Times, scheduled to be published later this month. He posed for cosy pics with the dog as he explained how hard done by he had been and how much the country could benefit from his largesse and expertise.

Late on Sunday night, that interview was crowbarred into a hastily rearranged one to take in Mandy’s sudden resignation from the Labour party after seemingly more revelations of Peter taking money in the recently released Epstein files. Mandelson appeared to take it in his stride.

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