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{{examples|Examples of Peter Mandelson in Fiction:}}
* 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,<ref>According to Campbell, in the middle of a political crisis they managed to come to blows over what tie [[Tony Blair]] should be wearing, but just watch Ali eyeing him up [http://keeptonyblairforpm.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/campbell_mandelson.jpg here]</ref> and with (now) Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer [[Jerkass Woobie|"Boy" George Osborne]], whom he's [[Mind Game Ship|MindGameShipped]] since the latter's [https://web.archive.org/web/20130826052827/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1853565,00.html Corfugate]
** 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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