Dec 20 from https://www.politico.eu/uk/ Center left

Peter Mandelson confirmed as Britain’s next ambassador to the US

“It is a great honor to serve the country in this way," Mandelson said as his role was announced. "We face challenges in Britain but also big opportunities and it will be a privilege to work with the government to land those opportunities, both for our economy and our nation’s security, and to advance our historic alliance with the United States.” Mandelson is a veteran political operator who...

Dec 20 from https://www.politico.eu/uk/ Center left

Who is Peter Mandelson, Britain’s ‘prince of darkness’ US ambassador pick?

Yet his political savvy, deep trade experience and outsize character are all being talked up as assets when it comes to dealing with the U.S. president-elect and his team. As rumors swirled about Mandelson's potential appointment last month, POLITICO spoke to key figures on both sides of the Atlantic to find out how a Labour veteran might fare with the Make America Great Again...

Dec 20 from https://order-order.com/ Right

Mandelson described Trump as a danger to the world and ‘little short of a racist’

It has also emerged that Lord Mandelson called Mr Trump a “bully” in 2018 in an article for the Evening Standard. He wrote: “It is also necessary to recognise Mr Trump’s behaviour for what it is: he is a bully and a mercantilist who thinks the US will gain in trade only when others are losing. “His idea of a progressive trade policy is one that forces everyone else to give the US more...

Dec 19 from https://www.politico.eu/uk/ Center left

Peter Mandelson will be UK’s next US ambassador

Mandelson is a veteran political operator who helped transform Britain’s center-left Labour movement in the 1990s as it returned from the political wilderness. He twice resigned under a cloud from Blair's governments — but made a striking frontline comeback in the dying days of Gordon Brown's administration. A fierce critic of Brexit, Mandelson served as European commissioner for trade for a...

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