Behold! Mandy is back

BillieTheBot

Peter Mandelson back in frontline politics (again)

Has there been any other instance in history where a figure twice made to resign in disgrace has been allowed to come back for a third run? :rolleyes:

Former Member

To be fair i was watching the coverage on BBC News 24 this morning and it claims that the report of the "Cash for Passports" said that to force Mandelson to resign over that was quite harsh.

Anyway to the point, is this going to be good or bad for Europe. Again the news reports suggest that this is a god send for the euroskeptics.

Also it will be interesting to see what would happen in the by election...

Former Member

Well at least the man is fiercely pro-European. It wouldn't surprise me any more if Britain had sent a eurosceptic to fill the post...

Former Member

How much influence do you think he will have over there then?

Former Member

Mmm... difficult to tell. I think Chris Pattern would have done a very good job.

Former Member

Same old story. Not good enough for the UK parliament, but fine for EU Commissioner status.

Then people wonder why there is some skepticism in the UK with regards the EU. Appointing people like Patten, Mandy and Kinnock really send the wrong message about the UK's approach to Europe...

Former Member

'Dumping ground' for has-beens eh?