Financial Times: Do you want to start by paying tribute to Michael Jackson, Peter? Everyone else seems to be doing that.
Peter Mandelson: I’m not absolutely sure who Michael Jackson is.
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I assume you mention this not to show the immense ignorance of Lord Mandy (being in a group of one) but rather to voice your agreement with Peter that Michael Jackson was an irrelevance in your life who can be easily brushed aside?
It was more a comment on New Labour. As Noel Gallagher said, for him the disillusionment was like finding out Father Christmas didn’t exist.
possibly expressing amusement at the extraordinary media u turn that has taken place or how everyone suddenly feels the need to glorify someone, who was so recently vilified, just because he has died. personally, im looking forward to the Michael Jackson memorial plates soon to be featured in private eye. (don’t wash as the paint may flake off revealing Jade goody/Princess Di etc….)
Oddly enough, the latest issue of Private Eye arrived today. On page 22, Gnome Souvenirs are indeed offering the “Michael Jackson Memorial Plate”. The usual warning is given against washing or exposing to strong light, but this time, not because the image of someone else might be found underneath, but because “there is a possibility that the singer’s face could turn black”.