This is The Guardian.

The Mandelson stuff, it's the story that doesn't go away.

In this iteration of it is arguably the most difficult for the Prime Minister.

At the heart of this, there is also a judgment I made that was wrong.

I should not have appointed Peter Mandelson.

I take responsibility for that decision.

Will the Prime Minister finally take responsibility and go?

Yeah!

We hear this from Labour MPs, that even though they think that his position is probably

ultimately terminal, they would prefer to do it later in the year, partly because that would

mean that Andy Burnham might be an MP again, and he is seen by a lot of people as the one

who could lead them to a better position.

Kirstama is fighting for his political future in the wake of the

Mandelson Veting saga and ahead of the crucial May local elections. From the Guardians today in

focus, this is the latest with me, Lucy Hoff. Well, with me is Archie Bland, the Guardian's head of

national news. Thanks for dialing in, Archie. It's

great to see you. So the sun is out. It's set to be a very beautiful weekend, but not one that is

likely to be relaxing for Kirstama after the events of this week, but not least because he's likely

going to be going to the Emirates tomorrow to watch Arsenal play. And perhaps the only

thing more uncertain than his premiership is

Arsenal's chances of winning the league. But let's talk about what's happened this week,

because there's been a few very significant interventions, hasn't there? There was, of course,

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