Labourlist (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
By Don Paskini Labour activists gave him a standing ovation , journalists write admiringly of him, by all accounts he is a relatively effective minister - but the evidence suggests that far from being an asset, Peter Mandelson is a drag on Labour's popularity. For example, he was ranked 'least trustworthy' amongst leading politicians in a survey by Populus, and would be a less popular...
neOnbubble (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Peter Mandelson Plan 1. Peter Mandelson is a politician. 2. Politicians are, on the whole, a bunch of self-serving, lying, power-crazed scum. 3. Peter Mandelson proposes that the families of those accused of violating copyright will have their access to the internet removed. Accused . Not proven. Not even supported with evidence. Merely, simply accused...
Times Online - Jeremy Clarkson (Free subscription) | yesterday
I’ve given the matter a great deal of thought all week, and I’m afraid I’ve decided that it’s no good putting Peter Mandelson in a prison. I’m afraid he will have to be tied to the front of a van and driven round the country until he isn’t alive any more.
donpaskini (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Labour activists gave him a standing ovation, journalists write admiring of him, by all accounts he is a relatively effective minister - but the evidence suggests that far from being an asset, Peter Mandelson is a drag on Labour's popularity. For example, he was ranked 'least trustworthy' amongst leading politicians in a survey by Populus, and would be a less popular choice as a leader...
ShoutWire.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson will call Friday for strong leadership of the European Union and outline his vision for revamping its economic policies.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Business Secretary Peter Mandelson will call Friday for strong leadership of the European Union and outline his vision for revamping its economic policies.
Irfan Ahmed (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Speculation is being spread across the Internet that David Miliband is going to head for the job of European Policy Minister and the rumour is also suggesting that Peter Mandelson might take his job in the by election. Personally my belief is that Mandelson can easily get into Parliament, if he resigns from his life peerage he could win the seat and become leader of the Labour...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson are leading a last-ditch effort to have Tony Blair elected as EU president as the diplomatic wrangling over the new post entered its final stages yesterday.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. carmaker General Motors' decision to keep its European unit Opel will benefit European taxpayers, especially in Britain, Germany and Spain, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said Thursday.
TheUniversityBlog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Peter Mandelson has announced a new Higher Education blueprint, Higher Ambitions. Among many measures, one thing Mandelson wants is greater funding and more priority given to science and technology subjects. So…is it worth studying subjects in Arts and Humanities any more? The Chronicle says “Just Don’t Go”. Savvy Student says it “Isn’t Such...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Liverpool News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
UNIONS are preparing for a fresh round of negotiations to secure the future of Vauxhall car workers’ jobs in Ellesmere Port following the dramatic decision by the firm’s owners not to sell its European business.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
UNIONS are preparing for a fresh round of negotiations to secure the future of Vauxhall car workers’ jobs in Ellesmere Port following the dramatic decision by the firm’s owners not to sell its European business.
Liberal England (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
ft.com/westminster has an intriguing theory about who might fight South Shields for Labour at the next election should David Miliband become the European Union’s foreign policy chief: Some killjoys will have spotted at least a dozen fatal flaws in this fantastic theory. But it is never wise to think about these scenarios too carefully. Why spoil the fun? Some stories are just too good to be fiction....
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The proposal to introduce a US model of higher education into the UK answers a question of educational and economic policy Perhaps, in 1997, Peter Mandelson's proposals for reform of Higher Education would have seemed like radical, "hard choices". But today they look old-fashioned, like the unconscious reflexes of ideological dogma. Mandelson wants students to be treated...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Mandelson's vision of the universities of the future looks like old-fashioned spin – to divert attention from the really big issue Peter Mandelson wants a " consumer revolution " in higher education, with students given far more information on the actual value of their course. The silent driver is that fees have to go up: so much of his document ( Higher Ambitions...
