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"There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter." –Rachel Carson
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11. This story is being spun as one bad apple. That awful man went off-piste and betrayed the national interest. Yes, he did, and he did it secretly in his disgraceful dealings with Epstein.
But in other respects he undermined democracy with the full backing of the government.
It was the policy.
But in other respects he undermined democracy with the full backing of the government.
It was the policy.
February 3, 2026 at 7:43 AM
11. This story is being spun as one bad apple. That awful man went off-piste and betrayed the national interest. Yes, he did, and he did it secretly in his disgraceful dealings with Epstein.
But in other respects he undermined democracy with the full backing of the government.
It was the policy.
But in other respects he undermined democracy with the full backing of the government.
It was the policy.
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10. Mandelson's betrayal was institutional. It was not a bug but a feature of the New Labour government. And it has been a feature of every government since.
February 3, 2026 at 7:40 AM
10. Mandelson's betrayal was institutional. It was not a bug but a feature of the New Labour government. And it has been a feature of every government since.
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6. His department’s “strategic plan” said it wanted the government to “match … the influence it exercises in the economy to the strategic needs of business.” It sought to second even more people from the private sector into government, which was already plagued by them.
February 3, 2026 at 7:36 AM
6. His department’s “strategic plan” said it wanted the government to “match … the influence it exercises in the economy to the strategic needs of business.” It sought to second even more people from the private sector into government, which was already plagued by them.
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5. I went on to list a catalogue of his “assaults on democracy” at the behest of business lobbyists, including his attack on the EU Working Time Directive, his attempt to undermine the Equality Bill, his deregulation of news distribution, his efforts to trash climate policy and waste regulations ….
February 3, 2026 at 7:35 AM
5. I went on to list a catalogue of his “assaults on democracy” at the behest of business lobbyists, including his attack on the EU Working Time Directive, his attempt to undermine the Equality Bill, his deregulation of news distribution, his efforts to trash climate policy and waste regulations ….
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4. Mandelson and the other unelected ministers in the BERR department, I noted, “appear to have formed their own lobby group within government, to prevent those upstart parliamentarians from interfering with the democratic rights of business.”
February 3, 2026 at 7:34 AM
4. Mandelson and the other unelected ministers in the BERR department, I noted, “appear to have formed their own lobby group within government, to prevent those upstart parliamentarians from interfering with the democratic rights of business.”
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3. I suggested that “the only convincing explanation for his appointment is that business demanded it.” In his previous roles, in Blair’s government, and as EU trade commissioner, he promoted “the culture of deregulation that catalysed the economic crisis”. But financiers and corporations loved it.
February 3, 2026 at 7:34 AM
3. I suggested that “the only convincing explanation for his appointment is that business demanded it.” In his previous roles, in Blair’s government, and as EU trade commissioner, he promoted “the culture of deregulation that catalysed the economic crisis”. But financiers and corporations loved it.
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2. Mandelson’s department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), I argued, was “quietly building a bonfire of the measures that protect us from predatory corporate behaviour.”
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
2. Mandelson’s department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), I argued, was “quietly building a bonfire of the measures that protect us from predatory corporate behaviour.”