On the Today programme this morning Peter Mandelson appeared. He was asked about a survey carried out by the Legatum Institute which monitors "international feelings of wellbeing". Apparently the United Kingdom is not scoring very highly on this index, which seems to record the propensity of national populations for whistling in the dark.
Peter Mandelson was then asked about domestic politics and he did his usual trick of pretending to be impartial while at the same time being extremely partisan.
The interview then discussed Hannah Rothschild's forthcoming television documentary on Peter Mandelson. Although ostensibly a factual record, it is apparently a highly edited and mediated hagiography. The Review Show (formerly Newsnight Review) said that Hannah Rothschild was not an impartial observer - her documentary could more accurately be described as propaganda.
More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/oct/15/revealing-documentary-unguarded-side-lord-mandelson
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