He needs to disappear for a very long time': has Peter Mandelson finally run out of spin?

"An indefensible error of judgment had been made by Mandelson, Mosley said in a panel discussion with Laura Kuenssberg after the airing of some of the 30-minute interview on her Sunday morning political show, but he is a masterful interpreter of Trump and we now live in a world where that man will determine much of what happens, and we need people who can be that translation function."

"The capacity of Lord Mandelson for network building is undoubted. The former Labour cabinet minister's fairground ride of a career suggests it is both his superpower and his kryptonite. He was withdrawn last September as US ambassador after emails emerged detailing his close relationship with the billionaire serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. They revealed that he had advised his best pal, as he described the American in 2003, to fight for early release on the eve of his sentencing in 2008 for soliciting prostitution."

"Mandelson's tendency to be drawn like a moth to a flame to those with power and wealth had let him down again. But Downing Street insiders say Mandelson had been appointed ambassador in the first place despite the serious reservations of many, including the prime minister thanks in large part to another relationship he had built with a quite different character, Keir Starmer's chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney."

Louis Mosley described Peter Mandelson as possessing a formidable political brain and as a masterful interpreter of Trump while also saying an indefensible error of judgment had been made. Mandelson's capacity for network building is undoubted, and his career has been a fairground ride that has acted as both his superpower and his kryptonite. He was withdrawn as US ambassador after emails revealed his close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and that he advised Epstein to fight for early release on the eve of his 2008 sentencing. Downing Street insiders say Mandelson's appointment owed much to his relationship with Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer's chief of staff.

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