{"id":4294,"date":"2026-06-01T23:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T23:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/what-does-peter-mandleson-not-want-parliament-or-the-public-to-see\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T23:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T23:05:10","slug":"what-does-peter-mandleson-not-want-parliament-or-the-public-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/what-does-peter-mandleson-not-want-parliament-or-the-public-to-see\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;What does Peter Mandleson not want parliament or the public to see?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_ccfe97\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Lord Peter Mandelson criticised Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s leadership and said No 10 needed a &#8220;complete revamp&#8221; in messages released among thousands of documents on Monday<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"31557070\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Voice of the Mirror logo\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article31557070.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/115_the-mirror-says-6.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article31557070.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/115_the-mirror-says-6.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article31557070.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/115_the-mirror-says-6.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article31557070.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/115_the-mirror-says-6.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Voice of the Mirror has its say...\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Voice of the Mirror has its say&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Peter Mandelson has always carried himself as a man above ordinary politics. Even after leaving office, he continued orbiting power, advising and influencing as though Labour and government still needed his guiding hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">That same arrogance now hangs over the scandal surrounding his disastrous appointment as ambassador to Washington. <!-- -->Warnings about his links to Jeffrey Epstein and the reputational risks around him were raised before he got the role. The vetting was rushed. The concerns brushed aside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Now Parliament is demanding answers, and ministers involved have handed over messages and evidence. Everyone, that is, except Mandelson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The man at the centre of this affair has refused to surrender his personal phone, sheltering while ministers admit they cannot compel him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It leaves one unavoidable question hanging over this whole mess: what exactly does Peter Mandelson not want parliament or the public to see?<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"HeadingFour_heading-four__M_w7B  __className_6c885e\">No parent should drag kids as young as 5 into crime<\/h4>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A five-year-old child should be clutching a reading book, not armfuls of stolen designer goods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Yet police say organised gangs are now sending such youngsters into shops to steal because they know security guards will be reluctant to stop them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It is nothing short of child exploitation carried out by adults who see their own kids as useful tools for crime. These youngsters are not criminals masterminding daring raids. They are victims of shameless parents willing to sacrifice their childhoods for cash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Metropolitan Police deserve credit for cracking down. But parents who can be proved to have repeatedly sent their children out to steal should face the full force of the law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Any adult willing to drag a five-year-old into crime is utterly unfit to call themselves a parent.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"HeadingFour_heading-four__M_w7B  __className_6c885e\">King Kev gives hope<\/h4>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Kevin Keegan\u2019s revelation that he is battling stage four cancer will have touched football fans across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Yet the warmth, humour and honesty shown by the former England star will also give hope to countless families facing the same fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Modern treatments are transforming lives and proving that even the darkest diagnoses are not always the end.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/politics\/lord-peter-mandleson-files-parliament-37233726\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Peter Mandelson criticised Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s leadership and said No 10 needed a &#8220;complete<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/115_the-mirror-says-6.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}