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Brilliance or folly?

When Peter Mandelson was packed off to Brussels in 2004 as EU Trade Commissioner, The Herald, along with the rest of the commentariat, concluded: �There is no way back into government for him now�.

When Peter Mandelson was packed off to Brussels in 2004 as EU Trade Commissioner, The Herald, along with the rest of the commentariat, concluded: "There is no way back into government for him now".