Brexit: Mandelson urges Lords not to 'throw in towel' per BBC News but no mention of the EU pension obviously

This BBC report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39020252 about Peter Mandleson's urging of the House of Lords to, in effect, ignore the EU Referendum result omits the surely pertinent fact that the former EU Commissioner is, or will be, in receipt of a large EU pension. This pension can be withheld if he went against the interests of the EU, forgetting the interests of the United Kingdom.