In this clip from the latest episode of In The Room, Helen and Cleo report back after combing through the first Mandelson file drop, page by page – and find it coming up rather short.
From entirely blank pages to mysteriously unfilled forms, there’s a lot left to be desired from the files released by the government. Fortunately, there’s no one better placed to completely pick them apart than certified civil service nerd (and ex-deputy cabinet secretary) Helen MacNamara.
Listen to the full episode, ‘A definitive guide to the Mandelson files’, on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or watch on YouTube.