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Mandelson Spreadsheet Scandal Just Blew Open EVERYTHING
Peter Mandelson’s involvement in Labour’s candidate selection process raises serious questions about the party’s 2024 parliamentary intake. Right, so We already knew candidates were being parachuted into safe seats based on loyalty to Keir Starmer. That wasn’t hidden, we saw it repeated across the country ad nauseum. What’s changed is that we now know who was strapping the parachutes on. Peter Mandelson was involved in deciding who could stand going into the 2024 General Election. And in light of everything else that’s come out about him, that detail lands very differently. We already knew selections were managed. What’s changed is that the person involved can no longer be defended, and that removes deniability for the entire intake. That matters because authority relies on everyone accepting the route to power. Once the route is compromised, loyalty becomes conditional and discipline becomes risky. So when people talk about stability, unity, or Starmer being in control, they’re leaning on an assumption that no longer holds, because more and more it seems to be the case that he never has been. Who are we actually being led by therefore? This isn’t about embarrassment. It’s about the fact that the gatekeeping stage was handled off the books, by someone whose name now poisons the process itself. Poisons everything he touches. So for as much as the government still functions and Starmer limps on stubbornly, it isn’t just him tainted by the Prince of Darkness, because even if he goes, the taint will still linger. Right, so we’ve been over this Mandelson thing for days. Surely the argument is done. He’s gone. That’s It. Well no, it really isn’t as it turns out. because what’s left is living with the consequences and Labour remains riddled with them to the point it may never scrub itself clean. Peter Mandelson was involved in deciding who could stand as a Labour MP before the 2024 election. Names were assessed. People were filtered. Some were blocked. Some were advanced. That process ran alongside Labour’s official selection rules, not inside them.
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By Damien WilleyPeter Mandelson’s involvement in Labour’s candidate selection process raises serious questions about the party’s 2024 parliamentary intake. Right, so We already knew candidates were being parachuted into safe seats based on loyalty to Keir Starmer. That wasn’t hidden, we saw it repeated across the country ad nauseum. What’s changed is that we now know who was strapping the parachutes on. Peter Mandelson was involved in deciding who could stand going into the 2024 General Election. And in light of everything else that’s come out about him, that detail lands very differently. We already knew selections were managed. What’s changed is that the person involved can no longer be defended, and that removes deniability for the entire intake. That matters because authority relies on everyone accepting the route to power. Once the route is compromised, loyalty becomes conditional and discipline becomes risky. So when people talk about stability, unity, or Starmer being in control, they’re leaning on an assumption that no longer holds, because more and more it seems to be the case that he never has been. Who are we actually being led by therefore? This isn’t about embarrassment. It’s about the fact that the gatekeeping stage was handled off the books, by someone whose name now poisons the process itself. Poisons everything he touches. So for as much as the government still functions and Starmer limps on stubbornly, it isn’t just him tainted by the Prince of Darkness, because even if he goes, the taint will still linger. Right, so we’ve been over this Mandelson thing for days. Surely the argument is done. He’s gone. That’s It. Well no, it really isn’t as it turns out. because what’s left is living with the consequences and Labour remains riddled with them to the point it may never scrub itself clean. Peter Mandelson was involved in deciding who could stand as a Labour MP before the 2024 election. Names were assessed. People were filtered. Some were blocked. Some were advanced. That process ran alongside Labour’s official selection rules, not inside them.