Claire McNabRE: https://masto.ai/@RobertJackson58585858/116011817398068285
This snippet from #GoreVidal quotes #MichaelFoot defending Peter #Mandelson on the grounds that Peter was the grandson of #HerbertMorrison, a huge figure in the #LabourParty in the 1930s and 1940s.
Is that why Labour not just tolerated #Mandelson, but turned a blind eye to his apparent corruption?
It's like a left-wing version of how snobbery opens doors for the aristocracy. Peter Mandelson was New Labour's aristocracy, a man whose exalted birth excused him from the normal rules.