Peter Mandelson has been devoting his time to the election for the new Chancellor of Manchester University.

Well, the results are in:

Number of eligible voters: 143,915
Votes cast by post: 111
Votes cast online: 17,772
Total number of votes cast: 17,883

Lemn SISSAY, MBE ………………………… 7,131 Elected
Sir Mark ELDER, CBE ……………………… 5,483
The Rt. Hon. the Lord MANDELSON ……….. 5,269

Who will tour the TV studios explaining why he lost?