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The number one bestselling memoir of one of New Labour’s three founding architects, now with a revealing new chapter updating this paperback edition.
Peter Mandelson is one of the most influential politicians of modern times. The Third Man is his story – of a life played out in the backroom and then on the frontline of the Labour Party during its unprecedented three terms in government.
Much of the book is devoted to the defining political relationships of Peter Mandelson’s life – with Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Charting what he terms the ‘soap-opera’ years of the Labour government, his book continues to ruffle feathers with an updated preface bringing the story up to the tempestuous present.
- Sales Rank: #2686074 in Books
- Published on: 2011-03-03
- Released on: 2011-03-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x 1.70" w x 5.00" l, 1.10 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 512 pages
Review
‘Gossip, intrigue and scandal…a truthful and witty account’ New Statesman
‘Informative, clear and containing refreshing doses of self-knowledge, occasional regret and thoughtfulness’ Andrew Marr
‘Shines a brutal light on the conflicts at the heart of Labour’s leadership’ Guardian
‘Mandelson has added heavily to the sum total of political knowledge' The Times
‘A revealing and important book by a more winning individual than I had expected to encounter’ Matthew Parris
‘A very good book…Fluently written and substantial, this is a serious book by a serious man’ Sunday Telegraph
‘A compelling account of the New Labour years. Revealing and subtle…The book should be read by anyone remotely interested in politics’ Independent
About the Author
Peter Mandelson was born in London in 1953 and educated at Hendon County Grammar School and Oxford University. At the age of thirty-two he became Labour’s Director of Campaigns and Communications, and he was elected as MP for Hartlepool in 1992. During Tony Blair’s premiership he was Minister without Portfolio, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. He stood down as an MP in 2004 to become EU Trade Commissioner, before returning to the government under Gordon Brown as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, First Secretary of State, and Lord President of the Council. He remains in Parliament as a member of the House of Lords.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
This is one that I recommend most strongly to all serious readers
By Geoffrey Woollard
Mr Peter Mandelson (now Lord Mandelson of Foy and Hartlepool) arouses strong feelings - some of admiration and affection and some of visceral distaste bordering on hatred. I occasional come across some of those who nurture the latter feelings that, it appears, are based upon Mandelson's having been a big buddy of Mr Tony Blair (or 'Bliar,' as they say), his having been one of those who created New Labour (or 'Nu-Liebour,' as they say), and his having been First Secretary of State in the late government of Mr Gordon Brown (or 'Broon,' as they say). If one looks on some blogs, one can see that the hatred may also be based on Mandelson's having been a grandson of Mr Herbert Morrison (later Lord Morrison of Lambeth), on his being gay, on his being on the centre-Left of British politics, on his having been clever and successful, and on his being part-Jewish. It is clear that some hate him for all of those things.
I say, 'So what?' I also say that, like him or loathe him, Peter Mandelson made a major contribution to the Labour Party, helping to make it re-electable in 1997 and helping it to be less irrelevant to the British people. In the context of his being clever and successful, many now wish that Peter Mandelson had been more clever and more successful in the run-up to the 2010 election. I enjoyed particularly his brilliant and up-lifting speech to the Labour Party Conference in September, 2009, but his problem, of course, was that he was a key figure in a government led by a man, Gordon Brown, who was widely regarded as substantial but who was also essentially charmless. Who knows what might have happened had Mr Brown possessed the charm of his predecessor, Mr Blair? It was a much closer run thing than most of the pundits predicted.
This excellent book, which is well written from 'the inside,' is a first-class chronicle of the politics of New Labour and of Europe during the past thirty-plus years and it also reveals the inner feelings of the ultimate 'insider.' It is one that I recommend most strongly to all serious readers.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Mandelson - How to dismiss your shortcomings as unfortunate coincidences
By Caleb Williams
No, politicians aren't the most popular people in the world, and I think it's fair to say that "Mandy" is one of the worst of an already bad bunch. The New Labour project ended in disaster under the rule of Gordon Brown; but from this book alone I got the idea that it could have been so much better had ego's been set aside and the true modernising ambition of the New Labour triumvirate put first. No really a book filled with political "revelations " as a lot of the stories told within, the public were already aware of, the stories told by Mandelson were merely his perspective and generally went along the lines of "it was someone else's fault" or "it wasn't as bad as the papers were making out".
There are a number of issues that Mandelson failed to really put across and actually made worse in my view. He mentioned the "cash for honours" scandal which enveloped and nearly destroyed the Labour government at one point. He mentioned that various names would make donations to the party and "expect something in return" but did nothing to try and explain away or justify the assumption of corruption you can get from this, really he puts across the assumption that if you think it's corruption, then you're a bit silly. Naturally the Brown/Blair rivalry, which begun with the alleged deal allegedly made in the Granita restaurant, plays quite a prominent part in the book but it wasn't exactly surprising considering the time it was released and Mandelson's role in the feud.
The deal is never confirmed nor denied in the book, although Mandelson labels a deal to step down after two terms as "unlikely", mention that it's possible a deal to step down and support Gordon as leader was made, but insists on the unlikelihood that Blair would have agreed to an exact timetable. The idea of Gordon Brown having quite a volatile personality isn't exactly new as we've heard about it from time to time during the entire length of the New Labour government. I felt that Mandelson portrayed Gordon as the villain of the piece; a man hell bent on achieving the power of Prime Minister, but was ultimately brought down by his own determination and ego. The strong and aggressive ego of Gordon Brown was not the only problem of New Labour as Blair was painted as weak, and only kept Gordon Brown as chancellor because he feared a Brown revolt if he would attempt to remove him.
Although not exactly the most popular person in the world, Mandelson is known for his charm and fun sense of humour. Unfortunately, a lot of this seems to be lost within the pages of the book as it lacks any real emotion or humour; this isn't without trying, however. He would have a go at explaining emotional reactions to certain situations, but you wouldn't really feel it as it just appeared he was including certain things possibly because the publisher told him more emotion would make him appear more human. The epilogue of the book is one of the better parts of the whole thing, not because it's the last chapter of the book, but because he uses this as a means of reflecting on the years gone by and acknowledging the mistakes he and the New Labour project made during their time before and during their time in government.
It was a good and informative book. I would have liked a more personal background to his life, especially his upbringing, and I would have certainly enjoyed more genuine emotion invested into the memoirs. Of course, this book was rushed out in order to capitalise on the hype of the recent general election, and the rushing is evidenced in a number of obvious spelling and grammatical errors, which would have been ironed out had more time been spent on ensuring the book's overall quality. l. I'm sure he will pop up in a future Labour government (whenever that may be) as he's become the political itch that you can get rid of for a short time, but always returns when you least expect it. Factually engaging and politically intriguing this is a welcome addition to any bookshelf.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Surprisingly enjoyable read....
By Robert Mcgregor
Having read Tony Blair's book "A Journey", and associated Mandelson with Blair and Brown, my expectations of this book were low. I expected much of the same, with little added insight on the history and political events of those times. I was pleasantly surprised. I hadn't really appreciated that Mandelson had preceded Blair and Brown and was a survivor of the Kinnock-era of Labour politics. The story of his emergence through this difficult period of Labour history, and of the rise of Blair and Brown, is a fascinating read and Mandelson manages to persuade you that the Blair-reforms actually stemmed from his own philosophies and understanding of the game-changing policies that Labour had to introduce to avoid extinction. However, he does so in a way that takes some praise without it feeling like a self-congratulatory boast. This is an entertaining and interesting read.
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