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Mandelson Files add insult to injury, but the patient was already beyond saving

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02.06.2026

Tuesday 02 June 2026 5:05 am  |  Updated:  Monday 01 June 2026 6:15 pm

Mandelson Files add insult to injury, but the patient was already beyond saving

By: Christian May

Editor-in-Chief

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File photo of Mandelson and David Lammy. Photo credit: Carl Court/PA Wire

The deluge of emails, Whatsapp messages and hand-written notes released yesterday cover the full range of political and diplomatic life, from the absurd to the poignant; from rows over a gift for Donald Trump to soul-searching over Keir Starmer’s failures, it’s all there in black and white.

What’s clear at a glance is quite how deeply embedded Mandelson was across government and the top of the Labour........

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