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Chris Mason: Decision to appoint Mandelson continues to inflict damage
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- This is a snapshot, an insight into how modern government functions.
- Ministers communicating with each other by phone, by email, by Whats App - text exchanges a real time substitute for snatched verbal conversation.
- They capture contemporaneous mood, instinct and private views.
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Chris Mason Political editor PA Media. This is a snapshot, an insight into how modern government functions.
Ministers communicating with each other by phone, by email, by Whats App - text exchanges a real time substitute for snatched verbal conversation.
They capture contemporaneous mood, instinct and private views.
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