Man ‧ del ‧ son, Peter /ˈmændls ə n/ BrE AmE
(1953–) a British politician in the Labour Party. From 1987 to 1997, he was in charge of planning and organizing all the party's election attempts, and he is thought of as a typical example of a ↑ spin doctor (=someone who tries to influence news reporting so that it is always favourable to his party) . He became a member of the ↑ cabinet after the 1997 election. In 1998 he was forced to leave his job because of a financial ↑ scandal , but after a year he came back into the cabinet. In 2001 he had to leave the Cabinet again after another scandal. In 2004, he was chosen by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to become a European Commissioner.