Mandelson - The real PM? BBC4
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Dr Jekyll

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23,820 posts

291 months

Tuesday 23rd November 2010
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I really thought I was watching the Thick of it for a moment. The conversations between advisors are less manic but basically the same, the offices look identical, and Ben Wegg Prosser looks just like Ollie.

bennyboydurham

1,617 posts

204 months

Tuesday 23rd November 2010
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It was a bit slow. The most telling moment was when he waved around his empty yoghurt pot for a flunky to take away and dispose of, like some Roman Emperor. In the end he came across as someone who once the trappings of office and power had been removed was left rather lonely and empty. Rather sad, really.