The London Daily News

By Natalie Mitrides (images)

Lord Mandelson unveiled a a statue of former Prime Minister Clement Attlee at Queen Mary, University of London with Lord Hennessy giving a lecture to celebrate “The incomparable Clem”.

Clement Attlee served as a Professor of Contemporary History at the College and the association with Clement Attlee stems back to 1945 when he attended the election count in the Great Hall of the People’s Palace – now part of the College,” explains Professor Hennessy.
      
Lord Mandelson was invited to reveal the statue as his grandfather Herbert Morrison was Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons in Attlee’s Cabinet.

Much like Attlee, Peter Mandelson is a lifelong British Labour Party politician who served in a number of Cabinet positions under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was a key architect in the rebranding of the Labour Party as "New Labour" and its subsequent landslide victory in the 1997 general election.

photo credit; Lord Hennesy and Lord Mandeleson