Not for the UK... only for the Tories

We are guaranteed two things. 1, the tories are going to lose and Labour win and nothing is going to change that at this point; 2, the tory campaign is going to be deceitful, divisive, and inciting hatred.

Trying to find dirt to smear your opponents with is completely normal and expected. But I think it's really telling when the best the Tories can come up with is "Angela Rayner once sold a house" and "When Keir Starmer was a lawyer, he took cases"

Election now!

The Tories are a busted flush, but the real story is that Labour is preparing to manage the economy in the same way as the Tories, with a small dab at raising taxes on the NON-Dom issue and a bit of money for their hugely scaled back green agenda. Labour are still going to adhere to the neo-con free market approach to the management of the economy. Utterly depressing. Where are the Labour Party politicians of vision who recognise the scale of the problem and will move mountains to change things. well, nowhere to be precise.

Mandy should keep his views to himself, particularly with a lightweight like Matt. Who cares what he thinks, and frankly should Starmer

Politicians used to have ideas, on the left and right. They had intellects. Margaret Thatcher with an Oxford degree in chemical engineering, Michael Foot with a 900 page biography of Nye Bevan. Now they are administrators, no more. Ask either leader about the huge challenges facing us with the confluence of AGI and synthetic biology and they will just lamely point to an opinion poll.

2019 was the disaster

I find it amazing that Labour are just Tory-light and still people want them to be the next government. If they were only a true alternative….

Spin, smile, shake some hands, Promises fly like feathers, Votes fall like raindrops

Fascinating listening to a man admit so plainly how he cynically mouthed his purely partisan-fueled "review" of the debate strictly for PR purposes. Not shocking, but surprisingly candid. I suppose there's a statute of limitations on all this stuff, after some time nobody minds coming out and saying, "Oh yeah, I said whatever it took to make my guy look best and reality was utterly beside the point. That's how you fight the campaign. Winning is everything, you never for a moment worry about saying anything real."

He should be in prison

Impartial bystander?? Did he retire after he was done sabotaging Corbyn?

Peter Mandleson - what a paragon of virtue. The chattering classes are crawling out of the shadows to patronise and obfuscate.

Mandy an impartial bystander? LOL

'Impartial adviser', Ex-political strategist, who is the Prince of darkness kidding. Peter Mandelson, isn't sitting in the front row of every Keir Starmer keynote speech because he has retired from frontline politics. Everyone knows Keir Starmer has, Peter Mandelson, Alastair Campbell, & Tony Blair on Speed-dial...🤫🙄

Many years ago I lived in one location but always gave a girlfriend's address as my home address. Why? Because one location was temporary for an undefined amount of time and I did not want the hassle of changing my address, my tax affairs, my bank, my electoral role, my solicitor, and all the other organisations I dealt with. My temporary residency was likely to end with a few days notice, possibly while I was out of the country. It was all a matter of ease and convenience.

Mandelson would know, as he's the architect of the disaster that Starmer will be. Meet the new boss....

This Labour chancellor Rachel reeves has all the makings of a pound shop thatcher.

Did he call himself an impartial bystander?

So careless to forget where it lives, maybe should not be a leader of the country, as |Sir Kier will stand down as he is just a joke

Non of the people on this thread (in the video) have a clue what it's like trying to survive at the "coalface"! Mandelson has the "brass neck" to call out other politicians for being shallow! Needless to say, for the sake of my sanity I had to call time on this absurd attempt to represent a decent philosophical debate, about half way through!

William Hill have the Tories to lose 201 seats or more at 2/5 three months ago it was evens, thats a huge shortening of the odds, no amount of mudslinging can save them

Wht vote labour? They have the same policies as the tories

Is this the guy who attended Jeffrey Epstiens birthday party?

There's no real choice in UK elections. I've given up voting at all.

When it comes to the important issues tax policy is set by civil servents now. So there is no point in voting on economic issues, as the policy is already decided by the OBR.

No one cares about the Rayner story.

Ask him about his friendship with Epstein.

If you made a mistake and paid less tax and you are a mp just step down. WE DO NOT NEED THAT TYPE OF MP

Angela Rayner is as impressive as a passionate and compassionate figure in politics. I dont care if she has slightly underpaid her taxes at some point before she became a politician ... ... and neither does anybody else!

Epstein Mandelson do pray tell us what happened on his island and why you were such great friends. Among the many powerful players with whom Jeffrey Epstein surrounded himself was a senior British politician he affectionately referred to as “Petie”. The pair are said to have enjoyed a “particularly close friendship”. But while others in Epstein’s orbit, such as the Duke of York, have been hauled over the coals for such terrible lapses of judgment, Lord Mandelson has thus far not been embroiled in the controversy.

The question is: has Hartlepool got up to speed with avocado?

Mandelson is wrong about the public being no better informed. The one thing they know is one party will try to continue line their and their mates' pockets. The other will have a go at fixing things.

The only person who has voiced the concerns of people in recent years is Corbyn and Mandelson spoke against him

Angela Raynor would make a caring wonderful pm

2 party system is the problem, PR voting or similar is used by all Democracies

whoever does the mixing for these needs to fix audio volumes. Voices are too quiet.

Will this programme continue after the General Election? I do hope so. It's brilliant!

The thing about avoiding debates is that to me, it shows a complete cynicism towards the democratic process. Engaging with conflicting ideas is the most important ritual we can perform in a society like ours. Most voters do not have a party affiliation. They are not interested in what's best for political parties. If you can't make your ideas look good in the eyes of the public that's on you. This is why there are many well meaning Tories like Dan who have sleepwalked us towards this widespread lack of faith and engagement in our political system. People see it as exactly what Dan said- it's simply not strategically expedient to directly engage with the public on substantive issues, so they wont. Party before system. And so we see things like Boris walking into a fridge to avoid questions, and yet still winning. How does this help anyone other than politicians? People are sick of it. Mandleson is absolutely right and reading the room correctly, and any politician thinking of taking Dans advice should consider very carefully how important the process of having a dialogue is to our democratic process. We are where we are today precisely because people with political positions found ways to not talk to each other.

This interview is pretty drossy until the last 5-7 minutes when Peter Mandelson made a point and it gained traction. If you want to watch the first 30 minutes it's up to you.

Polly has tassels

disaster depends from where you look at it ! brexit was and is disaster - tories losing badly - joyous relief

This is the most middle class, outré podcast I’ve seen in years.

Ive always called him peter meddlesome. Tut!! Tut!

Only for the Tory’s there gone once and for all

Tory ,Labour, not a decent politician amongst the whole lot - a bunch of grifters!!

Can you please turn up the gain on Mandelson's mic so he sounds just as loud as the others?

This guy should leave

more unnecessary drama from what I thought was a so called decent platform

Pure dodgy this fella Mandelson same as the rest Tories and labour brutal wrecked country shocking

Elections don't bring back Enlands Economy stop this Drama think about how bring back on line Ecomoy

To convert ones mood In seventeen syllables Is very diffic.

Very poor all round.Very little insight. So bad, so lacking I'm closing this page down IMO.

Reform

The idea that starmer, a trial lawyer will be troubled by a guy that worked for daddy's business in the debates is laughable. Old mandy os going gaga

Aw i loved this! We are moving to the centre and that's good. Well done Peter as always

This is what you get now MPs have destroyed democracy 🙄

There once was a leader named May, In elections, she'd always sway. With charm and with wit, She'd campaign and sit, Winning in her own special way

I can see a national shortage of popcorn occurring in the days before election night. Stock up now; It’s going to be fun…

Why do you keep hosting right-wingers, Tories, or people like Madelson who are not only far-removed from the current realities of UK politics? How about someone from Labour? How about someone from the left?

Who will be win the general election? I reckon this is 1992.

Zero seats 🙏😇

Labour will win. Reform will get more votes than the Tories. I’m voting reform myself.

Too much joking and nonsense at the start. Takes over 6 minutes to get into the actual discuss on politics. Literally cut the first 6 minutes.

Mandleson saying don’t have Tice is like saying the points when labour was third in the opinion polls in 2010 ,that Gordon couldn’t be involved it should just have been between Clegg and Cameron then Ehat a charlatan

please don't vote , we have no democracy or freedom of speech with any party, especially Labour

Colplay were guests at my daughter's wedding

God he’s awful

Who listens to this HASBEEN

This is the sort of political journalism we need . So pleased our democracy is served by outlets like this, whilst true political truth tellers like Julian Assange are safely locked away for our own good.

Conservative fall, Ballot whispers portend doom, New era beckons.

The architect of mass migration to Britain gives advice on politics.....Is this some kind of sick joke?....

So basically labour lost in part due to that clown?

The macroeconomic policy mix of the labour party believes in increasing the state's intervention in the economy, which won't help. In most cases, More taxes and borrowing from financial markets are detrimental to economic growth in the long run. I don't know how MMT/QE lessons would influence labour's economic methodology at number 11.

Because the Conservatives have been so successful… 🤢🤮🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

Yes we are arnt we - VOTE - REFORM And get rid of the stigma of The Tories Labour and Liberal Democrats Britain has. taken enough of false promises and pledges and not delivering Brexit

You must not work for Conservative and Labour they had their chance we want a change in govertment we must vote for Reform UK and give Reform UK a chance

Either Angela Rayner lived separately from her children from their birth, or she's lying.

I thought Mandelson had died of aids?