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7 unusual facts about Peter Mandelson


Blatcherism

Blair, in conjunction with Peter Mandelson, Gordon Brown and Alastair Campbell, created the New Labour ethos by embracing many aspects of Thatcherite beliefs into Labour as the "Third Way".

Cabinet rank

This is best displayed during the premiership of Gordon Brown when after a reshuffle of his Cabinet Peter Mandelson, the Business Secretary was ranked the 3rd most senior minister out of 23 and outranked all Great Offices of State except the Prime Minister himself.

Competition between Airbus and Boeing

In January 2005, European Union and United States trade representatives Peter Mandelson and Robert Zoellick agreed to talks aimed at resolving the increasing tensions.

Currys Digital

Peter Mandelson said he was worried that consumers were getting a 'raw deal' because of the store's dominant position in the market.

David S. Muir

He also worked closely with Peter Mandelson and Philip Gould on the Labour Party's 2010 general election campaign.

Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards

The second Commissioner was Elizabeth Filkin (1999–2002), whose first case involved Peter Mandelson and a large loan which he had failed to declare in the Register of Members' Interests.

UK Space Agency

The establishment of the UK Space Agency was announced by Lord Mandelson, Lord Drayson and astronaut Major Timothy Peake at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on 23 March 2010.


Bodo Hombach

Indicative of this policy was the 'Schröder-Blair Paper' published under the title 'The way ahead for Europe's Social Democrats' and written by Bodo Hombach and his British colleague, today's EU Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson.

David Hencke

In 1998 he won Scoop of the Year for a story that caused the first resignation of Peter Mandelson, over a secret undeclared £373,000 home loan given to him by fellow Treasury minister, Geoffrey Robinson.

Ely Calil

His powerful circle of friends includes Britain's First Secretary of State Peter Mandelson, the son of the former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Baron Mark Thatcher and Lord Archer.

Hatchards

Over the years many famous authors have signed at Hatchards including J.K Rowling, Alexander McCall Smith, Peter Ackroyd, Margaret Thatcher, Lauren Bacall, Stephen Fry, Jeremy Paxman, Joanne Harris, the late Alec Guinness, David Attenborough, Michael Palin, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, Peter Mandelson, Hilary Mantel, Sebastian Faulks, and Howard Jacobson.

The City in Europe and the World

Contributions from: Graham Bishop, Alex Brassey, Mario Cerrato, Patrick Diamond, Brendan Donnelly, Howard Flight, Alexandra Forter, Chris Huhne, Mario Jung, Angela Knight, Peter Mandelson, Agnes Oestrich, Giancarlo Perasso, Alice Rogers, Sanjiv Sachdev, L.V. Spagnolo, Richard Woodward.

The City in Europe and the World (ISBN 0-9547448-1-0) is a 2005 collection of essays examining the relationship between the City of London's financial markets, politics, government, and Europe, edited by Stephen Barber and with a foreword by Peter Mandelson.


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