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The Latest Breaking News from Peter Mandelson

Wednesday briefing: As the Mandelson revelations continue with no respite, can the public ever trust UK politicians again?

In today’s newsletter: A fresh tranche of leaked messages has reignited doubts in a country weary from years of scandal about how power is exercised in Westminster

The Guardian - UK

Mandelson messages could form a manual in the dark arts of wielding power and keeping it

Files shed light on how the Labour grandee juggled patrons and supplicants using flattery, fury and contempt for three decades

The Guardian - UK

Starmer to face PMQs after Mandelson files release lay bare splits in Government

The Prime Minister’s weekly appearance in the Commons will be the first opportunity MPs have to grill him about the content of the Mandelson files.

Evening Standard

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In The Room | Mandelson files: 1,504 pointless pages?

After 83 days of waiting, the government has finally released the second tranche of files on the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador to Washington.

The Independent UK

Voices: Pat McFadden has the government bang to rights – it has asked itself all the wrong questions

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The cabinet minister’s jibe about ‘who can we tax’ paints a picture of a weak PM giving in to pressure from his MPs to pay for benefits – but the wider party must now own its part in shooting itself in the foot

The Independent UK

Raising concerns over Gaza war like ‘hitting brick wall’, Streeting says

The claim comes after WhatsApp messages revealed Lord Mandelson had accused Mr Streeting of being ‘hysterical’ about the war.

Evening Standard

Starmer defends using vanishing WhatsApp messages after Mandelson files revelation

MPs voted earlier this year to force the disclosure of documents relating to his time as ambassador

The Independent UK

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Starmer defends disappearing WhatsApp messages use after Mandelson files release

Downing Street confirmed that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer uses the disappearing messages function on WhatsApp.

Evening Standard

Streeting says raising concerns over Gaza in government like ‘hitting up against a brick wall’

Ex-health secretary was described as ‘hysterical’ on issue by Peter Mandelson in messages disclosed this week

The Guardian - UK

What newly released files reveal about Peter Mandelson, Palantir and No 10

THOUSANDS of new documents relating to Keir Starmer’s decision to give the prestigious Washington ambassador job to Peter Mandelson were released…

The National (Scotland)

No 10 confirms Starmer’s WhatsApp messages automatically delete

Spokesperson says function is in line with official guidance as scrutiny of papers relating to Peter Mandelson continues

The Guardian - UK

Labour media minister Ian Murray 'will not intervene' to stop STV job cuts, MSPs told

LABOUR media minister Ian Murray “will not intervene” to stop controversial cuts to STV News, MSPs were told.

The National (Scotland)

The questions Douglas Alexander has to answer over Peter Mandelson

Influential. Effective. Good news for government and country. These are just some of the words and phrases we now know Douglas Alexander used to…

The National (Scotland)

What are WhatsApp disappearing messages and why did Starmer use them?

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The Independent UK

Starmer uses disappearing messages on WhatsApp, No 10 admits after Mandelson files released

Use of disappearing messages mean messages between the prime minister and Peter Mandelson may have been wiped

The National (Scotland)

Douglas Alexander must be sacked for 'gushing' Peter Mandelson WhatsApps, say SNP

THE SNP have called for Douglas Alexander to be sacked as Scottish Secretary after "gushing" WhatsApp messages revealed Peter Mandelson…

The Guardian - UK

A red box for Donald Trump, and eight weeks to make it. Now I really am outraged by the Mandy files

I’m not sure any other first world nation would have this problem. Keir Starmer’s promise of growth, growth, growth appears to have shrivelled, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Evening Standard

Scottish Secretary urged to quit over ‘sycophantic’ messages to Mandelson

SNP MP Kirsty Blackman made the plea after messages from Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander to Lord Mandelson were published.

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France 24

Offshore detention hubs: Europe turns to Trump-style tactics on migration

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, June 2: The European Union approves the creation of offshore "return hubs" to where failed asylum seekers could be sent. The British papers focus on a new trove of documents pertaining to Peter Mandelson, the former ambassador to the US. The Canadian province of Alberta will…

The Independent UK

Foreign secretary fails to defend Starmer after Mandelson messages published

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The Times of India

‘Keir lacks verve’: New Mandelson texts heap pressure on UK PM Starmer to quit

Peter Mandelson’s appointment as Britain’s ambassador to the United States continues to cast a long shadow over Keir Starmer’s government, with a newly released tranche of official documents revealing sharp private criticism of both the prime minister and his Downing Street operation.

The Independent UK

Peter Mandelson should never have been appointed, Yvette Cooper says

The Foreign Secretary described the document dump related to the peer’s appointment as an ‘unedifying process’.

The Independent UK

Mandelson should never have been ambassador, Yvette Cooper says after damning messages revealed

Foreign secretary declines to say whether Sir Keir Starmer is a strong and effective leader

The Guardian - UK

Labour ‘not looking to raise taxes to fund benefits’ as Mandelson messages suggest

Nick Thomas-Symonds defends ‘embarrassing’ Whatsapp messages between Pat McFadden and Mandelson

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says he ‘felt sick’ watching video of Henry Nowak’s arrest – as it happened

The prime minister said: ‘I have seen the body cam footage, it’s harrowing, and I have to say, as a father of a 17-year-old boy, I felt sick watching it.’

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