10 years of unprecedented economic growth has turned out to be totally false as we now see the Nation has been living the life of Riley on borrowed money. Ironically it is those of us who have been prudent, living wthin our means & not on credit that will have to pay for the appauling consequences

Peter Brown, Toulouse, France

I would just like to see someone with integrity and answerable to the electorate.

Browns appointment of Mandelson just sank his we will be transparent theory. Mandelson answers to himself, we the electorate cannot even have our say.
Typical Labour hypocrisy, roll on the election!!

Bee, York,

Am I the only one to be disturbed by the news footage of mr Mandelson's arrival at his old ministry,showing the applauding mass ranks of the supposedly apolitical civil service?

Dave, Chorley,

Unless the "senior conservative" has the guts to go public and offer substantive proof for this story they should shut up - it simply discredits the source more than the subject.

Huw Sayer, London, England

Lord Mandy!! Does no one in this government need to be elected?

John Ledbury, Kings Lynn, England

So now GB appoints a dodgy character, who checks with Tony Blair before accepting this. None of them elected by us. That really has boosted GB's crdibility hasn't it? I bet the Torys are scared.....not. Laughing at the farce.

Please can we have Mugabe running the country. It can't be much worse

Harry, St Albans,

Th first good thing that Brown has done - and look at the Tories running scared. Personally,I think both aren`t fit to govern us.

Realist, Bradford, u

someone ask Mandy a straight question: does he know who this senior Tory is?- he'll duck that for obvious reasons

peter c, Devizes, Wessex

Ah, yes, Peter Mandelson, the gift that keeps on giving, on his third tour of duty. History repeats itself first as a tragedy, then a farce. I wonder what the third act of this "Peter the Great" will bring?

Dennis Eagan, Colorado Springs,

We learn that Mandelson and now Blunkett could be returning to govenment! Why dosen't Tony Blair just send Gordon a box of 6" nails and let him put his own nails in to the coffin of this lame duck govrenment!

Dave Farmera, Broxbourne, England

Mr Mandelson said the story had come from a conversation with Shadow chancellor George Osborne when the two of them had discussed politics in a Greek taverna. -sky

PMand

Line one - Gbrown "no time for a novice" i.e. Osbourne
Line two - CMDave "debt's decade' i.e. "browns decade

Mapa, Bradford, Yorkshire

An "Et tu, Brute" moment must be weeks away as this contemptous, arrogant sleazeball slides through Number 10's black door yet again. This time the British public will repay Failed Labour appropriately at the ballot box.

Beyond belief. Emigrating to Canada was the best thing we've ever done.

Ian Carruthers, Toronto, Canada

I think he's representing other countries in the UK.
Despatched by whom?
Im not sure of that.
A bit fishy.

Mcraw, Corby, England

I have felt for a long time that the title "Lord" is a farce and should no longer be used except by those who have a "proper" title. Mandelson as a Lord is one step to far - abolish the title. Come on Conservatives!!!

William, London,

Mandy denies it and of course we believe him... er don't we?

peter c, Devizes, Wessex

Is the reason that Mandelson is back because there is a shortage of intellect and decency amongst our political classes.

J Whiteside , Lytham,Lancashire, England

I truly despair, what is going on, Brown unelected, Carter unelected, Mandelson unelected, all not just speaking for us but taking decisions on our lives, spewing out so many new laws to control every aspect of our lives, just when I think they can sink no lower they they manage to do it,

Grizzelda Guid, Barnstaple, England

So Brown has presided over a culture of debt - never a truer word spoken by Mr Mandelson if he did indeed say this.
It seems Mr. Mandelson wants a front seat while the chickens come home to roost. 'Lord Mandelson' - you couldn't make it up !!!!!!!!!! What next - Prime Minister Mandelson????

C Williams, Aberdeen,

mandelson is a bilderberger part of the neo-con new world order eugenics and global de-population supporting cabal but the proles are more interested in their lottery tickets and beer.

neil, nottingham, uk

Perhaps the only reason that Peter M remained in his EU role for so long is that the EU have fewer checks against corruption. One wonders what scams he may have gotton away with in his time at the EU. Full police state investigation please. Let's read his emails and listen in on his calls

Andy P, Swindon, Police State UK

Does anyone really buy this? "A senior conservative" who wouldn't have any interests in exploiting supposed divisions in the Labour cabinet...

Julian, Uppsala, Sweden

Enter right a "drama queen" ,Dim lights .Sombre music as the GREAT BRITAIN sinks into the sea.

JOHN m. MASON, CARDIFF, WALES

This Mandelson move has an almost Shakesperean tragic tone to it. Brown must know that bringing in Mandelson will destabilise his leadership. Perhaps he does know and that is why he has done it ? So he can blame Mandelson and they can drag each other down into the mire ? Very sad.

John, Birmingham, England

Well, that didn't take very long. Bye Mandy!!

Keith, Grantham,

Wasn't there something about Mandelson 'having to leave' on at least two previous occasions? Is this a question of 'failure' plus 'failure' equals 'employment in contempt of the public'?

For that matter, what is he doing 'representing' UK in other countries?

Charlotte Peters Rock, Knutsford, England

New Labour and there idiology are a poisoned chalice.
The sooner they are given the heave ho the better for us all.
It will take Years to recover from the damage caused by the spend thrift attitude towards buying everything on credit.

Stephen Holmes, Withington, UK

"Stephen Carter, his senior political adviser, has been given a peerage and made minister for communications."

What has he done since he was recruited by Gordon Brown earlier this year to now earn a peerage?

Ian, Edinburgh,

Its cheaper for the Labour party to pay Peter Mandelson out of public taxes via a ministerial job with all the perks, than to pay him out of Labour party funds as a private consultant.

Lord Mandelson - He drives a hard bargain. Well done peter !

vincent angelo, Liverpooll, UK

It is totally unacceptable to have in the Cabinet people like Mandelson and Carter, because they have no mandate or support from the electorate, nor are they accountable to the electorate or to Parliament.

Why is this any different from the arguments Labour used to make about hereditary peers?

MarkS, Leeds,

Exit number three coming up!

Pinkie, London, United Kingdom

Wonderful stuff!

This one will run and run - well, until 2010 probably.

MarkS, Leeds,

........ and just when I thought things couldn't get worse! If things weren't so serious you would have to laugh. Lets hope this is the final chapter of a truly disasterous government.

Peter, Ilford, UK

Terminal carnage and so out of touch with the public, do they not realise that the names Mandleson and Blunkett already have people screaming and runnning for the hills.

Roger, Surrey.,

We have always known that Brown and Mandelson hate each other and this just goes to show that, like so many members of this government, he is far more interested in what is best for himself than he is about the country.

Warwick, Tokyo, Japan

So where is Mandelson's mandate, who voted for him, so much for democracy. Seems like labour hates the lords except when it lets them bring in one of their croanies in to our government.

Its about time the political system got reformed in this country in favour of the people not the polititcians

James, Southamptom/Auckland, England/NZ

All things being sort of, sorted out, it does truly appear that our man Mr B is clutching at straws. problem is, England is in realtime need of a hero.

wpo, warsaw, ny

"Worser and worser".
Bringing back Mandelson is clearly an act of desperation and political lunacy. This is a man who has TWICE had to resign over sleaze allegations.
We now hear that Blunkett is abeing lined up as a Comeback Kid !
This entire Labour government has degenerated into farce.

Trevor, Ipswich, UK

Goedon Brown treats the premiership like a child with a borrowed toy that he doesn't want to give back. He will do ANYTHING to keep it.

Chris Houghton, Wigan,

Note to Gordon Brown
Having seen Peter Mandelson on the ABC news yesterday ( Saturday) he reminded me of a quote from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Act 1 Scene 2

Julius Caesar said
'Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;he thinketh too much, such men are dangerous"

Note well PM

Brian Harper, Brisbane, Australia