Paul Holden

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257 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 12 Feb

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So, Mandelson consulted with the devil by mistake.

That's the story, apparently, of Tokyo Starman.

I mean, my sense is that... So, first of all, Mandelson is really a big part of the McSweeney story.

So, it's not just that Mandelson and McSweeney knew each other.

I think that, actually...

The appointment of Mandelson isn't this aberration.

It isn't like some like tragic misstep by like a fundamentally decent group of people.

I think it's actually, oddly enough, it's a culmination and expression of this political project.

Because the one thing that McSweeney is, McSweeney is, I've been trying to get this to work.

Can you guys make this happen, please?

I want him to be called the princeling of darkness, please.

I think it works.

I think it's catchy.

So, first of all... The Dauphin of darkness.

Let's hit the alliteration of the D. See, this is why you earn the big bucks.

I think the key thing to understand is the context in which Mandelson is appointed.

Mandelson's appointed in September 2024.

And he's appointed at the moment where Morgan McSweeney has achieved probably the height of his political power.

Because Sue Gray has just been displaced.

You have, in this moment, what is one of the first things...

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