Lord Peter Hain: ‘My friend Mandela must be turning in his grave!’ | Politics | News
Lord Hain in his office with his treasured Nelson Mandela portrait (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)
When people contact the office of Lord Peter Hain at Millbank House in Westminster, they may be surprised to find the life peer himself answering the phone. “People will ask to be put through to my diary secretary. I say: ‘That’s me’,” laughs Lord Hain in his distinctive South African accent. “Or they ask to speak to my researcher. I’ll say: ‘That’s also me.’ They have no idea that peers get an…
