Mandelson’s Bloggers’ Breakfast

On Friday morning HarperCollins HQ was descended upon by a bunch of eager political bloggers who had been invited to a very special breakfast.

As well as getting to hear Lord Mandelson speak for near enough 90 minutes, the bloggers were also given copies of source material from 1987 – 1997 that was used in the process of writing the book.

The source material includes:

• A note from the General Secretary of the Labour Party to Mandelson regarding the 1987 election campaign
• A note to Blair following New Labour’s victory

(these uploads courtesy of Political Scrapbook.) Find links to the full set over at Political Scrapbook.

Anthony Painter provided a good overview of the discussion at his blog, and quotes Lord Mandelson as imploring people in Labour to ‘rock the f**king boat.’

Meanwhile, Brand Republic covered the event with the headline: Mandelson releases political papers to bloggers ahead of press . It went on to say:

The decision to release papers exclusively to bloggers is an emerging trend and a nod to the growing power of the world of blogs. The Times briefed bloggers ahead of press and before it launched its paywall last month.

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