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Tony Benn on Mandelson’s first resignation (28th December 1998) ‘people are so pleased..it’s..like a release from prison’

In Uncategorized on February 5, 2026 by kmflett

People are so pleased that Mandelson has gone; it’s just like a release from prison

Tony Benn, Diary 12th January 1999

Mandelson borrowed £373,000 from another Minister Geoffrey Robinson to buy a Notting Hill house but didn’t declare the loan in the register of interests, a breach of Parliamentary ethics. Both Ministers resigned on 23rd December 1998.

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