HOW is it possible Lord Mandelson is in the Government? He is unelected – a member of the House of Lords which is supposed to scrutinise Commons legislation.

He is also an ex-member of the EU Commission and is not allowed to criticise the EU if he wants to keep his pension.

This indicates that he has a lot of conflict of interest which would interfere with his decisions as a government minister, and he has no mandate to make any decisions which may conflict with the mood of the people he is supposed to represent.

I don’t see how Gordon Brown has any right under the British constitution to appoint him, never mind giving him more power behind the “throne” with so many ministers underneath him.

Unless something is done I predict that not only will democracy disappear, but we will end up with a dictatorship with Lord Mandelson running things behind the scenes.

Hitler used democracy to gain power and then got rid of it all to become dictator. I can see a similar thing happening here, with the British dictator (Mandelson) taking orders from the unelected EU Commission and in the end destroying the UK for good. It is time something was done to stop this takeover.

Carol Noble, Stanhope, Co Durham.