In these days of “reputational risk” and “due diligence” it would be interesting to know more about the circumstances and personalities surrounding this chap’s elevation to the peerage and the process of embedding into a government role.
If it wasn’t for gifted and diligent journalists like Pete Geoghan this would be going under the radar. Just like we would be no wiser about Mandelson without careful journalistic analysis of the Epstein file dump.
It all begins to look like embedding vested interests is a feature not a bug.
A government spokesperson said “all appropriate processes with the independent adviser and permanent secretaries on ministerial interests were followed.”
Cameron was made a peer at high speed, so that he could be defence minister or foreign minister (cant remember which) Blair was the first PM to do it I think but that may not be true. But Mandelson has been known to be a sleaze bag, since his days under Blair. It isn't a revelation at all. It is simply bad judgement by Starmer.
In these days of “reputational risk” and “due diligence” it would be interesting to know more about the circumstances and personalities surrounding this chap’s elevation to the peerage and the process of embedding into a government role.
If it wasn’t for gifted and diligent journalists like Pete Geoghan this would be going under the radar. Just like we would be no wiser about Mandelson without careful journalistic analysis of the Epstein file dump.
It all begins to look like embedding vested interests is a feature not a bug.
A government spokesperson said “all appropriate processes with the independent adviser and permanent secretaries on ministerial interests were followed.”
Yep.
Exactly like Mandelson I guess
Cameron was made a peer at high speed, so that he could be defence minister or foreign minister (cant remember which) Blair was the first PM to do it I think but that may not be true. But Mandelson has been known to be a sleaze bag, since his days under Blair. It isn't a revelation at all. It is simply bad judgement by Starmer.