Let’s blame it all on China
We are suffering a mad fit of Olympian proportions when Peter Mandelson sounds like the voice of reason: read Mick Hume’s column in The Times.
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Friday 18 April:
‘You know the world is descending into a mad fit of Olympian proportions when Peter Mandelson sounds like the voice of reason. This week the old new Labour fixer called threats to boycott the Beijing Olympics a “political gimmick”, and cautioned against trying to humiliate China. Give that creepy Euro commissioner a medal for common sense…’
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