Cabinet ministers are braced for further embarrassing texts sent to Peter Mandelson to leak amid fears he wants to settle scores, The i Paper understands.
It comes after messages that were not disclosed in the second tranche of the documents between senior minister Darren Jones and the former UK ambassador to the US emerged on Thursday.
The exchanges piled pressure on the Prime Minister’s Chief Secretary, as they revealed he sent praise to Mandelson after he was sacked and discussed how he could get promoted within Government.
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Sources familiar with some of the exchanges claim further messages could be exposed by Mandelson’s allies, including one from Jonathan Reynolds, the current Chief Whip, where he is alleged to have told the peer that he would like to become chancellor.
