Peter Mandelson warned Tony Blair not to allow Gordon Brown’s supporters to wreck Labour’s 2005 general election campaign from within, newly-released government files have revealed.
Relations between Mr Blair and his chancellor were close to breaking point in the autumn of 2004 as Labour prepared to try to secure a historic third successive election victory, with Mr Brown and his allies believing the then prime minister had reneged on a promise to step down towards the end of the party’s second term to allow him to take over.
