Peter Mandelson - why was he so keen to "get" George Osborne

The rumours are flying about Peter Mandelson and whether he has been as squeaky clean in his official dealings as we would all expect him to be. I have no way of knowing the truth but if you want to acquaint yourself with the news that the BBC will not be reporting then I suggest looking at these sites:
1. The Standard which will bring you up to speed on Peter Mandelson's apparent problems with date recall regarding his meetings with Mr Deripaska

2. The Daily mail which will introduce you to the Montenegro angle and more links with Mr Deripaska and the Rothschilds

3. Guido Fawkes will be covering as many of these stories as he can and the comments following his articles may also be of interest (the usual disclaimers apply). On Guido's site you will also find an interesting piece about Peter Mandelson and a visit to another billionaire's yacht.



Update:
The BBC have finally realised that there may be a story about Peter Mandelson that they will have to cover, even if rather quietly, hence this piece that includes some way down this admission:

"Earlier this month, the European Commission cleared Lord Mandelson of any inappropriate links with the tycoon, whose business benefited from a December 2005 decision to ease import duties on Russian aluminium.

But the Guardian says officials who cleared Lord Mandelson had not been aware of a previous meeting between the two men, before he took up his post as trade commissioner.

The newspaper says they had been seen together by a journalist at a Moscow restaurant in October 2004."

I trust that the BBC will remind Peter Mandelson or any of his defenders of this fact whenever they try the "an EU enquiry cleared Mr Mandelson" defence.

The BBC being the BBC the article continues with a standard Labour piece of misdirection but I think we would expect no more.