After five long weeks of waiting, the first collection of Mandelson files has been released. 147 pages, riddled with spelling errors, and made up of 10 pages of contents and introduction, 30 pages of standard HR guidance, and 28 entirely blank pages. Not quite the bombshell people were perhaps expecting.
In this episode of The Independent’s In The Room podcast, Helen and Cleo go full civil-servant-nerd-mode. Why are the box notes empty? Are there unreleased WhatsApp messages to come? Who decides what goes into document releases like this? And are Labour sitting on the most explosive revelations?
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