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[[wikipedia:Peter Mandelson|Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, member of the British Privy Council]]. Known as The Prince of Darkness, The Dark Lord, The Dark Prince and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Mandy]]. While working hidden behind the scenes, he was largely responsible for his (''previously losing'') party's victory in '97, updating its image to appeal to the electorate, and covertly running the campaign from a 'tiny office with a three-legged chair, propped up by books'.
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Interestingly, Mandelson is also the grandson of Herbert Morrison, a prominent Labour cabinet minister of the 1940s. [[In the Blood]]?
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* Arguably, his memoir ''[[The Third Man]]'' in which he manages to write nearly 800 pages about the Blair years without once using the phrase "in the national interest"
* ''[[The Deal]]''
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Elements of his character are found in not one, not two, but ''three'' different characters on ''[[The Thick of It]]'', with Malcolm Tucker being a combination of him and Alistair Campbell and Julius Nicholson and Steve Fleming being blends of Mandelson, Lord Adonis, and John Birt.
* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: Accused in 2003 by [[wikipedia:Tam Dalyell#Controversies|Tam Dalyell]] of being part of a "Jewish cabal" of advisors to [[Tony Blair]]. Mandelson's response:
{{quote|"Apart from the fact that I am not actually Jewish, I wear my father's parentage with pride. As for Tam, he is as incorrigible as ever."}}
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* [[Fan Nickname]]: He's pretty much embraced the "Prince of Darkness" and "Dark Lord" ones. "Mandy", not so much.
* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: Named Peter Benjamin due to his older brother's fondness for [[The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends|Beatrix Potter's]] [[Everythings Better With Bunnies|rabbit stories]].
* [[Foe Yay]]: With rival New Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell
** He also buried Osborne after the Leader's Debate as evidenced [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35FOXZyB_Bk&NR=1 here] and in worse quality but including another subsequent jab [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIxsVus15ac here ]. And then again over the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRnHPSaggAo&feature=related chancellors' debate]. Not forgetting his "Boy George is sailing close to the wind" jab in his speech to the Labour conference (shown [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCf4xNpPC70 here] after [[Memetic Mutation]]).
* [[Ho Yay]]: Frequently portrayed as having an [[All Love Is Unrequited]] version of this towards [[Tony Blair]] during the "Cool Britannia" years.
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* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]: Very much so.
* [[Too Clever by Half]]: And yes, has been known to be so sharp he cuts himself. Expect outbreaks of [[Break the Haughty]] glee on the part of British media when this happens.
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: The [[Wimpification|"Mandy"]] and [[Demonization|"Prince of Darkness"]] nicknames, only the latter of which he has reclaimed in any way. And good luck weaving through the various satirical depictions of him for one that ''doesn't'' have undercurrents of [[Ambiguously Gay|homophobia]], [[Ambiguously Jewish|anti-semitism]], or [[A Touch of Class, Ethnicity, and Religion|more general suggestions that he's lacking in wholesome Britishness]] [[Sissy Villain|or manliness,]] and/or [[Greedy Jew|a sinister social climber who likes to pal around with dubious oligarchs.]]
** Once described by Guardian columnist Simon Hoggart as "the only man I know who can skulk in broad daylight", and repeatedly by conservative columnist Richard Littlejohn as resembling "[[Othello|Iago]] as played by [[Camp Gay|Kenneth]] [[Carry On|Williams]]". Repeatedly portrayed by both [[Spitting Image]] and Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell with the body of a [[Freud Was Right|flesh-coloured snake]].
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