John McDonnell makes peace with Peter Mandelson

Yesterday Michael Meacher wrote on his personal blog that it was time to expel Lord Mandelson from Labour. His sin? Badmouthing Jeremy Corbyn. Meacher, who is one of Corbyn’s key backers, claims that Mandelson should be punished for speaking ill of Corbyn.

So who better to fight Meacher’s corner than John McDonnell? The shadow chancellor, who previously described Mandy’possibly the most divisive figure in Labour’s recent history’, bumped in to Mandelson this afternoon at Tory conference. However rather than scrap, Channel 4’s Michael Crick claims that McDonnell assured Mandy he would not be expelled from Labour:

John McDonnell assures Peter Mandelson – with a little help from C4News – that he shouldn't be expelled – as Michael Meacher suggests

— Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick) September 28, 2015

However, given that the video of the encounter shows how awkward the exchange really was, Mr S suspects it won’t be last we hear of this feud.