MANDELSON WRITES MEMOIRS WHILE MILIBAND RE-WRITES HISTORY

MANDELSON WRITES MEMOIRS WHILE MILIBAND RE-WRITES HISTORY

Commenting on David Miliband’s stinging criticisms of Gordon Brown,
SNP MP Pete Wishart said Mr Miliband, and other leadership contenders
who served in Mr Brown’s Cabinet, should also take their
responsibility for Labour’s disastrous record in government.

Mr Wishart also pointed to insights from Lord Mandelson, ahead of his
book launch, into the feuding between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

Mr Wishart said:

“It is one thing for Peter Mandelson to write his memoirs, but it’s
another thing for David Miliband to try and re-write history. The
Miliband brothers and Ed Balls supported Gordon Brown all the way as
members of his Cabinet, and they must take their responsibility for
what went wrong.

“We are all paying the price of Labour’s disastrous mismanagement of
the economy, and David Miliband’s attempts to distance himself from
Gordon Brown’s dreadful time as Prime Minister will not fool anyone.

“While David Miliband rubbishes Gordon Brown, Peter Mandelson has
lifted the lid on the poisonous infighting behind the scenes in
Downing Street between Gordon Brown and Tony Blair.

“It has become clear in this leadership contest that there is little
difference between Labour’s leadership candidates and little on offer
to the Scottish public.”