Ex-MP claims Blair hid Mandelson in leadership bid using codename Bobby

Former Liverpool MP Peter Kilfoyle says Tony Blair’s 1994 Labour leadership bid involved Peter Mandelson, who was allegedly kept out of sight behind the scenes under the codename 'Bobby'; Kilfoyle says Blair told him Mandelson would be kept away, and Blair’s team used a veil of secrecy around Mandelson, who later became a central figure in New Labour. Mandelson’s career was later dogged by several scandals, and after ties to Jeffrey Epstein he was sacked as the UK’s ambassador to the US last year.