Plenty of people in the Labour Party who don't have many worries about the rich being made richer by the poor. And it's perfectly possible to be a conservative and long for a fairer society.

All political parties are pretty imperfect, in their policies and in their members.

Mandelson was less guarded about it than most when he talked about how "we are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich", but it seems evident he was speaking the truth about how his colleagues saw things.

Best way to shoot yourself in the foot is to lose your temper. Hitting the target requires that you keep calm.