This is a man [Peter Mandelson] who had been sacked from cabinet twice already for unethical behaviour.

Mandelson did leave the Cabinet twice under ethics clouds — December 1998 (undeclared home loan from Geoffrey Robinson) and January 2001 (the Hinduja passport affair). However, on both occasions he formally resigned rather than being 'sacked', so the count is correct but the wording is imprecise.

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Checked Wed 1 Jul, 09:57 · Broadcast: PMQs: Prime Minister's Questions - 4 February 2026

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