Peter Mandelson: Difference between revisions

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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]]''

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."}}