Peter Mandelson Articles

Neil Kinnock did not do it alone —Peter Mandelson’s deservedly warm description in the last issue of Progress of Neil Kinnock’s fight to rescue Labour in the 1980s omitted one vital ingredient – the role of the unions in the fightback. They proved pivotal in turning...

Peter Mandelson recalls Neil Kinnock’s fight to rescue the Labour party following his election as party leader 30 years ago For the current generation of Labour activists and MPs – those, in the main, whose political experience and outlook were shaped by the party’s...

Peter Mandelson writes as if he has had sight of the report of the so-called 'investigation' into the Falkirk constituency Labour party.  If so, he has the advantage over Unite. To date, Labour has repeatedly refused to provide us with a copy of a report which it is...

I used to think that coalition was the way forward: any hue that wasn’t blue would do me just fine. I thought that British politics was a disastrous night out: a nation determined to go for a pub crawl forced into Starbucks by three determined coffee-drinkers. But I...