Lord Mandelson, a.k.a. The Terminator's Last Strike?

Lord Mandelson in the UK seems eager to emulate France with a three strikes regime, notwithstanding criticism from no less than MI5. The very fine feline fancier and UK IP blogger extraordinaire Jeremy Phillips, aka the IPKat, points out:

It has been unkindly said of his Lordship that he understands better than others the operational functionality of a "three strikes" rule since, in the days before his ennoblement, he twice had to resign from a government position on account of his having done nothing wrong.

Could this be Lord Mandelson's last strike?

HK