Guido revealed via Tweet this morning that Lord Adonis has started writing a book. I can elaborate that it will be on the “Five Days that Transformed Modern Politics” – although this may only be a working title. This is a reference to the Clegg coalition talks (with both Tories and Labour) in the frenetic days after May 6.
Andrew Adonis, of course, was the former SDP member (as a young man) who later rose through the Labour ranks to become transport secretary in the last government. This might explain why he was a key member of the team that negotiated with Clegg’s Lib Dems after the election to try to form a Lib-Lab “progressive” coalition. The book could be very interesting indeed, depending on how indiscreet he chooses to be.
UPDATE: The Telegraph is meanwhile reporting that Lord Mandelson could become chief executive of BP. Given the huge technical requirements for the job – even without the current oil spill – that seems outlandish.
It’s not the first time however that Mandelson’s name has been linked in the rumoursphere to BP for a different, non-executive role, however.
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