(Sith) Lord Peter Mandelson has been trending this week as Keir Starmer looks to the "winning mentality" of New Labour
For your ease we thought we'd compile a list of every reason Mandelson is in NO POSITION to give political advice
Reason 1: Jeffrey Epstein.
Read on... /1
For your ease we thought we'd compile a list of every reason Mandelson is in NO POSITION to give political advice
Reason 1: Jeffrey Epstein.
Read on... /1
Yes, Mandelson loves to cosy up to power and wealth
Many have been tarred by inclusion in Epstein's "black book" but Mandelson can hardly claim distance when he...reputedly phoned JE for advice when he was in prison 😱😱
nypost.com/2019/10/20/uk-…
Many have been tarred by inclusion in Epstein's "black book" but Mandelson can hardly claim distance when he...reputedly phoned JE for advice when he was in prison 😱😱
nypost.com/2019/10/20/uk-…
Aligning yourself with a convicted sex offender and paedophile doesn't look like great judgement
Mandelson, however, seems unable to avoid cosying with the rich
As you'll see in next tweets he has a particular love for yachts (how very Labour of him 🤔)... /3
Mandelson, however, seems unable to avoid cosying with the rich
As you'll see in next tweets he has a particular love for yachts (how very Labour of him 🤔)... /3
According to The Times Mandelson spent New Year's Eve on the yacht of Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft
At the time Microsoft were at the centre of a major EU investigation...and Mandelson was a serving European Commissioner
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At the time Microsoft were at the centre of a major EU investigation...and Mandelson was a serving European Commissioner
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Everyone knows the story of Mandelson on the yacht of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska
By sheer coincidence, as EU Trade Commissioner, he then made decisions to cut aluminium tariffs that had enriched Deripaska's United Company RusAl
theguardian.com/politics/2008/…
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By sheer coincidence, as EU Trade Commissioner, he then made decisions to cut aluminium tariffs that had enriched Deripaska's United Company RusAl
theguardian.com/politics/2008/…
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And these are the political scandals "Mandy" SURVIVED
In 2008 he was forced to resign from the cabinet "following the disclosure that he accepted a £373,000 home loan from then-paymaster general, Geoffrey Robinson, to buy a house in London"
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theguardian.com/politics/2008/…
In 2008 he was forced to resign from the cabinet "following the disclosure that he accepted a £373,000 home loan from then-paymaster general, Geoffrey Robinson, to buy a house in London"
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theguardian.com/politics/2008/…
He was forced to resign from cabinet A SECOND TIME in 2001 "after being accused of helping one of the Hinduja brothers get a British passport in return for a £1m donation to the dome"
*correction to previous tweet - first resignation was in 1997
theguardian.com/politics/2008/…
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*correction to previous tweet - first resignation was in 1997
theguardian.com/politics/2008/…
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Mandelson sells New Labour as "pro-business" (1998):
"We're intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich as long as they pay their taxes"
TUC accountant Richard Murphy (2014):
British Treasury misses out on estimated £25 billion per year due to tax evasion by the wealthy
"We're intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich as long as they pay their taxes"
TUC accountant Richard Murphy (2014):
British Treasury misses out on estimated £25 billion per year due to tax evasion by the wealthy
Mandelson is widely hailed for the "pro-business" switch, but what of the flipside?
Labour won in 1997 by taking working class vote for granted, but what has happened to the "Red Wall" since?
Have you heard ANYONE lay that (and Brexit?) at Mandelson's "nowhere to go" door?
Labour won in 1997 by taking working class vote for granted, but what has happened to the "Red Wall" since?
Have you heard ANYONE lay that (and Brexit?) at Mandelson's "nowhere to go" door?
Here's another thing the Prince of Darkness got wrong
Who would have predicted that when you favour the wealthy they avoid taxes, lay-off workers and only increase their slice of the pie?
We could really do with a "Labour" party to correct that balance, couldn't we?
Who would have predicted that when you favour the wealthy they avoid taxes, lay-off workers and only increase their slice of the pie?
We could really do with a "Labour" party to correct that balance, couldn't we?
From 2015-19 Labour had a leader who would have moved in the direction of workers.
How did Mandelson respond?
"I work every single day in some small way to bring forward the end of (Jeremy Corbyn’s) tenure in office"
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-c…
How did Mandelson respond?
"I work every single day in some small way to bring forward the end of (Jeremy Corbyn’s) tenure in office"
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-c…
Perhaps Starmer is consulting Mandelson on how to "unify" the party, one of Keir's pledges
Or perhaps Sir Keir, like Mandelson, only really cares about the wealthy
From 10 Socialist Pledges to consulting Mandelson within a year...
Or perhaps Sir Keir, like Mandelson, only really cares about the wealthy
From 10 Socialist Pledges to consulting Mandelson within a year...
It doesn't bode well for Starmer (or anyone in the UK)
Mandelson has a history of dubious connections, bordering on corruption, that have led to resignations
He blatantly favours wealth and dismisses the working class
Welcome to New New Labour
Mandelson has a history of dubious connections, bordering on corruption, that have led to resignations
He blatantly favours wealth and dismisses the working class
Welcome to New New Labour
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