Mandelson used to be much better at this

Peter Mandelson, First Secretary of State, Lord of the Realm, used to be much better at the smear-and-run stuff. This week he’s seizing on the opportunity to attack Tory backbench MEP Daniel Hannan as some sort of crypto-racist and crypto-facist. Mandelson, the...

The Anti-Midas Touch

I think the scales have now effectively tipped against Labour, and that further wriggling will sink them further.  I think their brand is irretrievably damaged and they need a cathartic change now if they are to survive the next election without a catastrophic split...