Word: mandelson
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...resigned. And so did Robinson. Through his resignation, Mandelson gained the last measure of respect he could command and left Britain's government stable, precisely what President Clinton could have done last year...
...weeks ago, Peter Mandelson, Britain's trade secretary and the architect of Blair's successful New Labour policies, was found to have borrowed L375,000 (more than $600,000) to buy a new home in central London. He borrowed the money from Geoffrey Robinson, the government's politically appointed paymaster general, but more pertinently a former entrepreneur whose business dealing Mandelson's agency was investigating...
There was no hint of foul play, but the appearance of borrowing from a man under investigation was bad enough. Within two days, Mandelson did the honorable thing. He did not go on national television and wag his finger at the British people. He did not craft a cover-up, if indeed he needed one. He did not ask his friends and political allies to lie for him. Instead he appeared red-eyed to tell the nation he had worked for years "to demonstrate that the standards of government and behavior in public life were going to be restored permanently...
...idea that such a brutal dictator as Pinochet should be claiming diplomatic immunity I think for most people in this country would be pretty gutwrenching stuff," Trade Secretary Peter Mandelson said in an interview with the BBC Sunday...
...Queen have instigated shakeups in their staffs and their activities. The Queen is bringing in a new director of communications at Buckingham Palace, and Charles appointed a new deputy private secretary, Mark Bolland, who has extensive media contacts and is a friend of Blair spin doctor Peter Mandelson. The Queen has taken to making George Bush-like visits to such places as supermarkets, McDonald's, even a pub; bucking some 800 centuries of tradition, she has also agreed to do away with primogeniture (in which the eldest son receives the title in favor of an older daughter)--not that...