Mandelson in a sentence

But at a charity event in 2000 compered by Kielty, who now presents RTÉ's The Late Late Show, Peter Mandelson – as he then was - asked 'loudly' if his father 'had been a member of the IRA', according to the archives released by Dublin.

Sunak and Starmer chuckled away in mock conspiratorial mood, a matched pair of provincial lawyers carving up a settlement in a particularly tricky conveyancing dispute over whether the kitchen units can be apportioned against stamp duty, Mandelson-style.

The Duke of York also had a better grasp of the Harland & Wolff/Shorts situation than Lord Mandelson and "appeared more knowledgeable than the secretary of state about industrial policy on Northern Ireland", the papers said.

The emails also show that in January 2010 – only months after Epstein was released from prison – he set up a meeting between Lord Mandelson and Mr Staley at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

They have been pointing to Michael Gove's attendance at a secret summit in which members of Sir Keir Starmer's Shadow Cabinet, Lord (Peter) Mandelson and business leaders discussed how to address 'the failings' of Brexit.

A lynchpin of the New Labour project from its birth in the early 1990s, Lord Mandelson witnessed and participated in the feuds that dominated much of its 13 years in power.

A speech by Peter Mandelson in the House of Lords is a rare event – he's spoken only once in the chamber in the past 12 months.

Before the election, the political expert Peter Mandelson suggested Keir Starmer ought to “shed a few pounds”.

But Dan Mullaney, a former assistant US trade representative under Trump who crossed paths with Mandelson in Brussels, does not think so.

He continued: “It's clear they have learnt nothing after all these years and it's telling that Peter Mandelson is back at the heart of the Labour operation under Sir Keir Starmer.

John told everyone he met that he’d christened the crustacean Peter – the Peter in question being Mr Mandelson.

Lord Mandelson is unabashed about his network of connections and Downing Street sees that as a plus.

The publicity-savvy Reform UK leader has called on to let him help incoming US Ambassador Peter Mandelson deal with the erratic incoming President.

A spokesperson for David Cameron would not comment on suggestions the former prime minister had been spotted on the service, although Labour’s one-time communications chief Peter Mandelson has an account.

In private he told a surprised Peter Mandelson that they were “crap”.

Mandelson, along with family, friends and former colleagues including Tony Blair, have kept up a stream of recordings played to him by nurses.

Both Mandelson and Andrew for some reason agreed in 2009 to attend the 30th birthday party of Goga Ashkenazi, socialite mistress of despotic president Nursultan Nazarbayev’s son-in-law Timur Kulibayev.

In another controversial connection with oil-rich foreigners, both Mandelson and the prince forged links with Saif Gaddafi, the hugely wealthy son of the late Libyan despot who was attempting to funnel vast amounts of cash into New Labour’s Britain.

In his autobiography, The Third Man, Peter Mandelson writes about the run-up to the 2001 general election.

She is an artist and socialite, with friends said to include Prince Andrew, Lord Mandelson and Elisabeth Murdoch.