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Starmer ally hints at more pragmatic approach to ties with China
Lord Peter Mandelson, once Labour’s formidable spin doctor, discusses the challenges facing the new UK government.
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Lord Mandelson, 70, has re-emerged at the centre of British politics as one of Mr Starmer’s closest advisers since Labour handed the Tories their worst defeat in 190 years in July’s general election.
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The adults are back in charge in London after 14 years of Tory-led chaos.
Lord Peter Mandelson, the British Labour Party grandee, did not say this outright in his Sept 20 interview with The Straits Times, but the message was unmistakable.
