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I'm Sebastian Payne. Our summer is sadly almost over, so this is the last of our special episodes

speaking to interesting political figures who will be shaping the political weather for the rest of the year.

My guest this week is Peter Manderson or Lord Manderson, to be precise.

He first came to prominence in the mid-1980s when Neokinet appointed him director of communications for the Labour Party.

He made his mark as a spin doctor and soon became known as the Prince of Darkness.

He entered Parliament in 1992 as the MP for Harppool and became close to Tony Blair

as he rose to power. There were two initial spells in the Cabinet as Trade and Industry Secretary

and Northern Ireland Secretary.

He then went to Brussels as a European Commissioner for Trade before returning to Britain, the House

of Lords and the Cabinet to try and save his old comrade Gordon Brown. After Labour lost the 2010 election,

he's continued to be an influential voice on British politics, particularly on Brexit.

So Peter, thank you very much for finding time to speak to the FT. For the MPs I've spoken to this summer so far, I've asked them what they do over recess, but there's

really a recess for peers or people in the consultancy world.

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