There's no real surprise that the media has a story about Mandelson supporting David M only that he cannot quite come out and say that - unusually for him.
Of course, Blair's book is released on Wednesday the day we all receive our ballot slips for the leadership of the Party. He is bound to use the event to support David Miliband.
It is hardly surprising that the two people responsible for New Labour and all its faults want to keep themselves and their ideology going so as not to be seen as outright failures.