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Ed Miliband says he and Lammy feared Mandelson appointment could ‘blow up’

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Ed Miliband says he and Lammy feared Mandelson appointment could ‘blow up’
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Energy secretary says he and the then foreign secretary were worried making Mandelson US envoy was riskyUK politics live – latest updatesEd Miliband and David Lammy discussed concerns that the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to Washington could “blow up”, the energy secretary has revealed.Miliband said he spoke to Lammy, who was foreign secretary at the time Mandelson was given the Washington post, and both expressed reservations. Continue reading...

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