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Peter Mandelson

Peter Mandelson ProfilePeter Mandelson was appointed Secretary of State for the Department of Business in October, 2008. Prior to taking up this post, he was European Commissioner for Trade for four years and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland between 1999 and 2001. Peter has vast political experience at every level. He was elected to Lambeth Borough Council in 1979, was director of Communications for the Labour Party in the 1980s, and served as Member of Parliament for Hartlepool between 1992 and 2004. He was also a key architect of New Labour and ran the party’s landmark electoral campaign in 1997. Aside from his achievements in politics, Peter wrote the successful 1996 book The Blair Revolution, and is a regular contributor in The Guardian.

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Peter Mandelson's latest posts

What we want to do with the Royal Mail and why

6:54 pm, Thu 5th Mar 2009
What we want to do with the Royal Mail and why By Peter Mandelson There have been several good posts about the Royal Mail on LabourList, which is great, because the more we debate this issue the better. I want to...
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Let's hold our nerve and not hurry to judgement

3:30 pm, Tue 17th Feb 2009
Let's hold our nerve and not hurry to judgement By Peter Mandelson UPDATE 4.30 pm My post has been extended to include the full remarks that I have just made to the Council for Foreign Relations on the current...
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Why John Prescott is putting me to shame, and why Labour are still the changemakers

6:58 pm, Tue 10th Feb 2009
Why John Prescott is putting me to shame, and why Labour are still the changemakers By Peter Mandelson John Prescott is putting me to shame. I met him on my way to the PLP meeting last night and he was chiding me for my lack...
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In new media command and control doesn't work: we need to embrace and engage

10:25 pm, Sun 11th Jan 2009
In new media command and control doesn't work: we need to embrace and engage By Peter Mandelson  First, let me make something clear. In government what matters above all else is not what you say but what you do. That is why Gordon, Alistair...
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