By GB News (Politics) | Created at 2026-06-02 09:31:31 | Updated at 2026-06-07 05:17:49
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Yvette Cooper has branded the Peter Mandelson files "unedifying" as she claimed he should "never have been appointed as the US Ambassador".
Cabinet ministers' private text messages were published in the latest bombshell dossier detailing the peer's vetting process before bagging the top job.
This morning, Nick Thomas-Symonds admitted the messages were "embarrassing" and added they were "meant for private consumption" on GB News.
Amid more than 1,000 pages of damning documents, records of WhatsApp correspondence between Lord Mandelson and Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden were laid bare, exposing the minister's disgruntlement with party colleagues.
Back in May 2025, Mr McFadden wrote: "Lot of manoeuvring here this week. Angela (Rayner), Gordon (Brown). Doesn’t feel good for Keir."
But he also took aim at his Whitehall colleagues, many of whom he asserted were "asking the wrong questions".
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