Nice Stuff about Mandy by Rachel Sylvester

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/rachel_sylvester/article5348631.ece

Civil servants cheered his return to the department that he used to run. Business is delighted to have him batting on its behalf. The Tories tremble at his name, believing him to possess almost supernatural powers. In the Lords, he has charmed the tea ladies and the doormen as well as the Members. “They all swoon when he comes in,” one peer says. “He could have been born to enter this place, he's a natural Lord.”

Whether in ermine robe or cashmere V-neck, he is a colourful figure in a grey political world, a useful lightning conductor for Mr Brown. One member of the Cabinet tells colleagues only half in jest there is something “homoerotic” about how the British political class is obsessed by the Business Secretary. “People are in awe of him, the man has an aura,” says another minister. “Labour people think he can bring back the magic of the early years, that he has an ability to project a vision of change.”