‘Pious, pompous’ Mandy stomps out of Brexit talk

FRESH from his failed coup to block the Brexit Bill, serpentine Labour peer Lord Mandelson has thrown another hissy fit over Europe. The Prince of Darkness attended a Davosstyle conference hosted by the Milken Institute in Los Angeles this week, where the Remoaner worked himself into a ‘fury’ during a Brexit debate. When the moderator asked the former Labour business secretary for his observations during the discussion, Brexit And The Domino Effect, I’m told Mandy delivered a ‘pious, selfimportant rant’ on why Brexit is not in the public interest.When his tirade finally finished, he ‘furiously stomped out’ before the session had finished.

The debating panel included property tycoon Nick Candy and highliving financier Howard Shore, a Tory donor and prominent Brexiteer.

My source says: ‘ As Mandelson’s speech progressed, he seemed to get angrier and angrier with what he called greedy, self-interested businessmen who care for nothing but their profits.’

Mandy, a former EU trade minister, is in line to receive a £35,000 annual pension from Brussels. But he insists that his gold-plated retirement pot has no bearing on his campaign to keep Britain in Europe.

The night before his rant, Mandelson enjoyed a cosy chat with Prince Andrew, accompanied by daughter Princess Beatrice, at a drinks party thrown by Candy at the multi-millionaire’s palatial L.A. home. Andrew hosted a dinner for the Milken Institute at Buckingham Palace last year.

In 1989, the think tank’s founder, U.S. financier Michael Milken, was sentenced to ten years’ jail for racketeering and fraud. Released after less than two years, he was banned for life from the securities industry.

A spokesman for Mandy says: ‘There was an exchange of views with Lord Mandelson disagreeing with Mr Shore’s vision of a de-regulated, lowtax post-Brexit Britain, respectfully saying that, in his view, this is not what the British people voted for in last year’s referendum.’