tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post36877846925386717..comments2023-11-02T10:43:15.185+00:00Comments on DENVERSTROPE: Clarke-MandelsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-2054839046068777782010-01-27T10:48:59.045+00:002010-01-27T10:48:59.045+00:00Most kind, Huw. And a brilliant - "adapted&qu...Most kind, Huw. And a brilliant - "adapted" ehem - quote that does illustrate well the lack of talent in Labour's ranks today, that such a man as Mandelson is their biggest beast (though I suspect that's not quite what you meant). I too would like to see them going head to head more often - though with a better referee than Snow blowing the whistle.<br /><br />Didn't Castlereagh kill himself in the end, btw? I do hope Mandelson doesn't suffer the burden quite so much as Castlereagh clearly did of the sheer scope of his own political gravitas. <br /><br />No, I really do. Honest.Jon Lishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272058035800593800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-19318145723321023132010-01-27T10:23:09.429+00:002010-01-27T10:23:09.429+00:00Thanks for posting this Denverthen. Actually I wis...Thanks for posting this Denverthen. Actually I wish we could see this two up against each other more often - because they are so important and two such seasoned performers. Even though Clarke may not like sullying his hands...and it would of course require a halfway impartial host.<br /><br />"Mandelson is one of the most dishonest men ever to have held - been fired from (because of that dishonesty) - held again - and been fired from again (again, because of his habitual dishonesty) - a cabinet post. But nonetheless, despite his desperate record of deceit, he now holds the second highest office in this land - to which he has never been elected."<br /><br />I think, however, that's not the most damning part of it. I give you Brougham on Castlereagh, 1822 (adapted):<br /><br />"Put all their other men (Cabinet Ministers) together in one scale and Mandelson in the other - single, he plainly weighs them down."<br /><br />An epitaph for New Labour perhaps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com