The Prince of Darkness - and What Price an Early Election?
Daily Mail › November 22, 2008
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AT A PRIVATE meeting last week, Lord Mandelson gave his analysis of the current state of British politics to a group of friends. The Business Secretary said he was confident that Labour had at last regained the initiative and was in a position to repeat its famous 1997 election triumph.
However, he added that the key question about when to go to the country, in 2009 or 2010, had yet to be made.See the full content of this document
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The Prince of Darkness - and What Price an Early Election?
These remarks are fascinating. Apart from the Prime Minister, it is Peter Mandelson, now Gordon Brown's most trusted adviser, who will have the biggest say on the date of the General Election.
So far, Labour strategists have dismissed any talk of a poll next spring as 'speculative'.However, Mandelson's comments show that, on th...See the full content of this document
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