Drop the ‘toxic hot potato’: what Barton and McSweeney really revealed about the Mandelson scandal
Testimony from former senior officials that pressure from No 10 did not sway appointment decision strains credulity
The latest two witnesses to testify to parliament over Peter Mandelson’s appointment had plenty to offer headline writers. “A toxic hot potato” was how Philip Barton, the former top civil servant in the Foreign Office, described Mandelson’s links with Jeffrey Epstein, a view he would have shared with Downing Street if only he’d been asked.
“A knife through my soul” was how Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister’s former chief adviser, described the moment he found out the true nature of Mandelson’s relationship with the convicted sex offender. Continue reading...
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