Didn’t Boris’ premiership end because he appointed some aide who had an SA allegation?
So… why does Sir Keir get to stay in office despite *knowingly* appointing an Epstein BFF to *the #1 most important ambassadorship*? Like, he admitted in Parliament that they knew about the Epstein connections *before* the appointment. Why the double standard?
Edit: The few remaining Labour voters are downvoting me. Stuff like this — being unable to condemn Starmer over this — is one of the many reasons they’re losing so badly to Reform.
It’s not hard to say Epstein associates and their enablers shouldn’t be in the government.
Tall-Topic-2578 on
Wow Epstein files toppled one government makes you think what other governments it can destroy
Brennenstein on
In case you encounter a paywall, here’s the same story from the AP:
You know, I have a long enough memory that I recall when Keir Starmer criticized Boris Johnson over the Chris Pincher scandal.
It is rare to see such a blatant example of hypocrisy.
Capt_Departure_1625 on
Starmers done. Its over…..last desperate effort to save his job.
InspectorDull5915 on
Another payout coming?
FenrisCain on
Well thats Labour fucked… Looks like Farrage will take us barrelling down the same moronic road as the States basically unopposed at this point.
OllyDee on
I know it’s easy to see McSweeny as a fall guy, but a lot of people in the party explicitly blame him for gettting Mandelson in that role. Is it the PM’s ultimate responsibility for giving him the OK though? I think it probably is. Leadership challenge material for sure.
Interesting to compare governments approaches to dealing with the fallout from Epstein. Obviously the Americans can’t do anything similar because they’re actually all in the files. The level of open corruption is staggering.
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MCRN_Hammurabi on
In a twisted way, the Mandelson appointment may not have been a mistake. Yes, they appointed a child abuser to be ambassador.. to a country that is being run by child abusers. They chose to deal with scum via scum, a less morally reprehensible person will get along far worse with the US administration.
At least there is fallout over this though, shows that the UK hasn’t fallen as far into hell as the Americans have.
Fresh_Time2022 on
It’s fascinating being this early on a thread and seeing what all the bots are trying to make stick (I choose to believe these comments are bots because there’s no sign of human intelligence in them). my fave so far are the guys unironically spouting:
‘the UK’s lost a single US ambassador and a staffer, the governments practically collapsed! 100% cooked! Labour’s finished, might as well vote reform now.’
also as someone who is very ‘eh’ about Starmer and doesn’t really have any strong opinion on him, it’s fascinating to see the constant broiling frothing rage some people seem to have for his existence that spills out every time his name is mentioned.
smallkins on
Good to see labour doing something about the mandelson/epstein stuff. I highly doubt any other UK party would act as swiftly or even act at all! Not looking at anyone in particular…
chazthomas on
Cummings and McSweeney, cut from the same cloth
Rogthgar on
Good, maybe Starmer will get someone who knows what he is doing for a change.
BatEco1 on
At least some people are seeing fall out over this. I wished my country would so something about these awful people.
NyriasNeo on
Lol .. is there any politician, billionaire and famous people who are NOT connected to Epstein?
vp2008 on
Brits should be thankful that Morgan McSweeney is finally out of Downing Street. That guy from what I understand has been a terrible chief of staff and his advise to Starmer has been so detrimental to the country and the party
vinmen2 on
America: take note: this is how a civil society works.
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Didn’t Boris’ premiership end because he appointed some aide who had an SA allegation?
So… why does Sir Keir get to stay in office despite *knowingly* appointing an Epstein BFF to *the #1 most important ambassadorship*? Like, he admitted in Parliament that they knew about the Epstein connections *before* the appointment. Why the double standard?
Edit: The few remaining Labour voters are downvoting me. Stuff like this — being unable to condemn Starmer over this — is one of the many reasons they’re losing so badly to Reform.
It’s not hard to say Epstein associates and their enablers shouldn’t be in the government.
Wow Epstein files toppled one government makes you think what other governments it can destroy
In case you encounter a paywall, here’s the same story from the AP:
https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-britain-keir-starmer-mandelson-c1e5c7654cc9bd48126b9ba3ea6996ef
You know, I have a long enough memory that I recall when Keir Starmer criticized Boris Johnson over the Chris Pincher scandal.
It is rare to see such a blatant example of hypocrisy.
Starmers done. Its over…..last desperate effort to save his job.
Another payout coming?
Well thats Labour fucked… Looks like Farrage will take us barrelling down the same moronic road as the States basically unopposed at this point.
I know it’s easy to see McSweeny as a fall guy, but a lot of people in the party explicitly blame him for gettting Mandelson in that role. Is it the PM’s ultimate responsibility for giving him the OK though? I think it probably is. Leadership challenge material for sure.
Interesting to compare governments approaches to dealing with the fallout from Epstein. Obviously the Americans can’t do anything similar because they’re actually all in the files. The level of open corruption is staggering.
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In a twisted way, the Mandelson appointment may not have been a mistake. Yes, they appointed a child abuser to be ambassador.. to a country that is being run by child abusers. They chose to deal with scum via scum, a less morally reprehensible person will get along far worse with the US administration.
At least there is fallout over this though, shows that the UK hasn’t fallen as far into hell as the Americans have.
It’s fascinating being this early on a thread and seeing what all the bots are trying to make stick (I choose to believe these comments are bots because there’s no sign of human intelligence in them). my fave so far are the guys unironically spouting:
‘the UK’s lost a single US ambassador and a staffer, the governments practically collapsed! 100% cooked! Labour’s finished, might as well vote reform now.’
also as someone who is very ‘eh’ about Starmer and doesn’t really have any strong opinion on him, it’s fascinating to see the constant broiling frothing rage some people seem to have for his existence that spills out every time his name is mentioned.
Good to see labour doing something about the mandelson/epstein stuff. I highly doubt any other UK party would act as swiftly or even act at all! Not looking at anyone in particular…
Cummings and McSweeney, cut from the same cloth
Good, maybe Starmer will get someone who knows what he is doing for a change.
At least some people are seeing fall out over this. I wished my country would so something about these awful people.
Lol .. is there any politician, billionaire and famous people who are NOT connected to Epstein?
Brits should be thankful that Morgan McSweeney is finally out of Downing Street. That guy from what I understand has been a terrible chief of staff and his advise to Starmer has been so detrimental to the country and the party
America: take note: this is how a civil society works.