By Shelagh Fogarty

I admit, there's something quite funny about Lord Mandelson being photographed urinating in a wealthy Notting Hill front garden after leaving George Osborne's house.

I'm not going to lie – I've had a bit of a laugh about it.

But scratch beneath the surface and this incident reveals something rather troubling about entitlement and declining standards in public life.

Mandelson has apologised profusely, blaming two Uber drivers who left him waiting for half an hour. "I was bursting," he said. "There is no disguising my embarrassment."

This wasn't just any garden wall though. It belonged to a £10 million property, and the person relieving himself wasn't just anyone – he's a Labour peer who, until recently, served as UK Ambassador to Washington.

The timing couldn't........

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