Mandelson deserves better than these snide shots | Barbara Ellen

The reaction to The Third Man has been predictable and depressingIt's time to stop being po-faced and admit that the television commercials for the newspaper extracts of Peter Mandelson's memoir, The Third Man, were a hoot. Mandelson has described himself as "Machiavelli with a red rose", but hunched by the pretend fire surrounded by fake books, in his smoking jacket and cravat, the effect was more Satan with a library card.It was almost as if Mandelson, the "Prince of Spin", had himself been du...

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