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Peter Mandelson Articles

Labour, economic efficiency and social justice

Who hasn’t done something we’ve come to regret after a few drinks? A late-night karaoke session; a forgettable romantic encounter; dropping £45,000 on a bottle of champagne signed by Margaret Thatcher … No? Well a reveller at this week’s exclusive Tory summer party...

Premier events

Each year the centre-left thinktank Policy Network holds its Progressive Governance conference, which habitually attracts prime ministers, former leaders and senior social democratic politicians from across the globe. There has never been a rightwing counterpart but...

Just because ‘red’ rhymes with ‘Ed’ …

Labour want to implement ‘Vietnamese’ rent controls spluttered one Tory opponent on the 'World at One’. Goodness, I thought, that’s a new line. Then I realised it was a mistake, a half-remembered line to take. Still it showed the absurdity of the Tory position....

The case against boldness: in praise of fear

This month’s Progress Magazine interview with Jon Cruddas, which Progress members will be avidly reading over the toast and marmalade, sees the Labour policy chief make an argument for boldness as a defining characteristic of One Nation Labour. Cruddas argues, as he...