There's an interesting post on Benjamin Wegg-Prosser's blog about the return of Peter Mandelson to the cabinet.
Wegg-Prosser, who remains close to the trade commissioner after serving as his aide in the 1990s, reveals that today's consummation of the Mandelson-Brown relationship comes after months of foreplay:
In recent months Gordon Brown sought to re-establish his links with Peter through a series of strategy meetings and many phone calls. It was a reflection on the prime minister's perilous position that he sought advice from someone who he pursued a vendetta against for more than a decade following his failure to replace John Smith as leader of the Labour party in 1994. In that time Gordon Brown's acolytes have held no one in greater contempt than Peter, their reaction to this news, as with most things that they say to the press, is probably unprintable.
