MANDY PETER MANDELSON BIOGRAPHY LABOUR POLITICS SCANDAL

MANDY ~ THE UNAUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY OF PETER MANDELSON

The book that changed the face of the government

By Paul Routledge

Paul Routledge is, as the Press said, 'The Man the Government Tried to Gag'.  When his biography of Gordon Brown was published it created a huge furore. Routledge's impeccable sources and unique access to dark corners in the corridors of power gave his portrait of the Chancellor an authority that sent shockwaves through the Labour government.

Now, the scourage of the political establishment has turned his sights on Peter Mandelson and his rise through Labour's ranks to the uniquely powerful position as Prime Minister Tony Blair's most trusted confidant, culminating in his dramatic resignation.

Mandy examines the formative years of Peter Benjamin Mandelson, grandson of the Labour grandee Herbert Morrison: from a middle class home in North London, through his local grammar school and on to Oxford. It investigates his 'Red Period' when he was a Young Communist, and his time working for the TUC as a researcher. Covert surveillance of his political activities begun then by MI5 is still a matter of controversy.

It discloses how he won - by a hair's breadth - the prize job of Director of Campaigns & Communications at Labour HQ; how he widened his role to that of power broker and political visionary; and how he was outed as homosexual during the 1987 General Election by the News of the World. It analyses his position as a non declated gay MP; his role as 'Kingmaker' in the battle to succeed John Smith as Labour leader, and his surreptious campaign in the media going back several years to ensure Tony Blair's success. Mandy also reveals the full story of the loan scandal which forced him to resign as Trade and Industry Secretary, and led to the bloodbath of resignations which followed that changed the face of the Government.

• Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket
• Size 16cm W x 24cm H
• 302 Pages in Good Condition

ISBN 068485175X

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