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The Epstein Reckoning Comes for Britain’s Political Class And Has Keir Starmer On The Ropes · The Epstein Chronicles

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Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
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Epstein Chronicles. Jeffrey Epstein wasn't a scandal. Bro was an
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operating system, a global one. His crimes didn't just cross borders,
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they required them. They required passports, diplomatic silence, intelligence indifference,
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financial laundering, and political cowardice on multiple continents. We're not
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talking about a predator hiding in the shadows. This was
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a predator moving openly through capitals, embassies, royal circles, hedge funds,
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and ministries, protected not by secrecy but by usefulness. Epstein
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functioned because powerful institutions decided that the damage he did
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to children was an acceptable cost of doing business. And
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that's why the contrast unfolding right now between the United
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Kingdom and the United States matters so damn much. In
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the UK, the question is no longer did Epstein do
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it that ship sailed years ago. The question is who
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was adjacent, who knew, and who felt to act, And
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that line of inquiry is dragging names like Peter Mandelsson
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back into the open, whether they like it or not.
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This isn't about salacious guilt by association gossip. This is
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about whether a proximity to Epstein is treated as politically
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radioactive or politically ignored, and the fact that the pressure
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is now creeping towards Kara Starmer tells you something important.
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In Britain, Epstein's being treated as a legitimacy test for power,
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not a tabloid embarrassment to be memory hold. Now look
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across the Atlantic, where the response from the American right,
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led by Donald Trump and his band of Oligarch's donors
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and ideological arsonists, has been to the Claire Epstein a hoax,
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a distraction, a conspiracy cooked up by enemies. No, we
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need answers, not the system failed, a hoax that alone
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should end any serious conversation about credibility. It's the last
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refuge of people who know the paper trail exists and
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are terrified of where it leads. In America, Unfortunately, the
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Nile has replaced governance, and here is the real divergence.
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In the UK, Epstein's being treated as a system's failure.
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In the US, He's treated as the public relations inconvenience.
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British politicians are being forced to explain judgment, access and
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institutional response. American politicians are a scream in fague news
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while actively obstructing scrutiny of the very agencies that let
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Epstein operate for decades. The British approach says power must
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explain itself. The American approach says power must be protected
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at all costs, and that brings us to the most
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damning comparison of all. In the UK, accountability is being
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demanded upward. In the United States, the blame is being
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pushed downward onto victims, journalists, the media, or the public's
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opposed inability to move on. No serious reckoning has been
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forced on the Department of Justice, no genuine accounting for
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the non prosecution agreement, the custody failures, the sealed files,
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or the federal actors who grease the wheels. Instead, we're
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told to forget, forgive, and shut up. Epstein was the
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biggest global power because power is global, and the UK,
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for all of its flaws, is at least acknowledging that truth.
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America isn't. Until US politicians stop calling documented crimes a
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hoax and start demanding the same standards of decency, transparency,
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and accountability now being applied overseas, this country will remain
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what Epstein proved it to be a safe harbor for
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the well connected and a dead end for justice. Today's
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article is from the Delhi Mel and the headline secret
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Text with PM's chief aid, what PM knew about Epstein
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Lynx and huge golden Goodbye. The grim trove of Mandelssohn
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papers due for publication that could end Starmer. This article
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was authored by Rory Tingle. New files relating to Kira
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Starmer's appointment of Peter Mandelssohn as US ambassador will add
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more fuel to a scandal that could propel him out
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of office. The Prime Minister has been forced to order
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the publication of a trove of papers after Kemy Badknock
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forced the Commons vote on the issue, and good for her. Look,
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I'm not going to sit here and tell you I
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know a whole bunch about you know, UK politics, I
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do not. But anytime anyone's forcing the issue when it
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comes to Jeffrey Epstein in accountability, I'm on board. I
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don't need to know what political party you're from. All
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I need to know is that you're looking for justice
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and accountability, and any sort of political disagreements we might have,
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we could save those for another day. Dubbed the Mandelsson files.
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They will include hundreds of documents surrounding his appointment, including
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private texts exchanged with Sarah Kerr and his chief of staff,
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Morgan McSweeney, who bulldozed through the appointment. So this Sweeney
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character was the one that really pushed for Mandelssohn to
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get this position, I guess. And now he's gonna have
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to answer for what happened. I mean, imagine that some
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actual accountability. We don't know what that means here in
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America when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein. Lord Mandelsson was
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sacked from his US posting last September after emails emerged
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showing him carrying on his friendship with billionaire pedophile Jeffrey
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Epstein after his conviction for child sex offenses in a
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pincher movement with mutinous labor MPs. Yesterday, Ms Badnock used
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a Commons motion to require the release of all documents
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surrounding the faithful decision to make him US ambassador in
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December of twenty twenty four. And what's wild is that
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he even got that job in the first place. We're
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not talking about an unknown in British politics. We're talking
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about a dude that has had plenty of problems along
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the way, but sure, let's recycle him, put him in
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a position as ambassador, embarrass the country, embarrass the party,
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and cause a huge scandal, because you know that's what
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every political party needs, right and for what to give
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Mandelson a posting? Why? Because he's your friend, because he's
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been in politics for years now. Some people might look
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at that as some kind of resume builder, but not me.
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If you've been in politics for three or four decades,
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chances are you can't do anything else, so instead you'll
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stay in government and enrich yourself on public funds. That's
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the vast majority of these people. I mean here in America,
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we all know that they come into Congress or Senate
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and they're worth a few bucks, and by the time
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they leave, they're millionaires. How do you think that happens
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just overnight? And if it was so easy, how come
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the rest of us aren't doing it? Sir e kir
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attempted to neuter the release by suggesting Cabinet Secretary Sir
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Chris Warmold would be asked to vet all documents to
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ensure they did not undermine national security or international relations.
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Oh more, national security with Jeffrey Epstein, Huh, just a
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loan predator, just a guy that had some proclivities, folks. Meanwhile,
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these emails are just filled with correspondence from all kinds
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of intelligence sources around the world, And it plays directly
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into what I've been saying from the jump. The dude
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is a free agent. He doesn't work for one government
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or the other, doesn't have loyalty to anyone but himself.
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And I think that these emails and the fact that
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he was in connection with these intelligence services all over
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the world really slam that home. But that only saw
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Miss bad Knock accuse him of trying to cover up
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evidence of a catastrophic lack of judgment while also managing
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to rile labor MPs led by his leadership rival Angela Rayner.
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And so I can't really give you too much on
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who these people are because I don't know them intimately
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enough to know what their policies are or what they're
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doing as far as governing. So when we talk about
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these people over in the government in the UK, we're
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going to be talking about them specifically in regards to Epstein.
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And I know this is going to come off as crazy,
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but I only talk about things I know about I
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know that's not the way to get ahead these days,
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but here we are following the PM's climb down. The
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motion to release the Mandelson files was passed by MPs
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without a vote. The files will now be picked through
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by parliaments Intelligence and Security Committee, who have top level clearance,
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so basically the same process that we see here with
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the DOJ. They're going to go through this. They're going
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to redact what they think they need to redact, and
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then they'll release what they think is safe for public consumption.
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Will it be good enough, We'll have to see. The
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files will include details of what Lord Mandelsson told the
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Prime Minister and mister McSweeney about the nature of his
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relationship with Epstein. This could prove deeply damaging to Sirkir,
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who admitted for the first time yesterday that he appointed
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the new Labor Grandee despite knowing he had remain friends
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with Epstein after his conviction. WhatsApp exchanges sent on private
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phones may be included, as could information relating to negotiations
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around the Golden Goodbye pay to Lord Mandelsson after his sacking.
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And that's just wild to think about. You get fired
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for your relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and you still get
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a golden parachute on the way out the door, provided
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to you by the English taxpayer, because you know, the
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English taxpayer has nothing else that that money could be
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spent on. Right, Everything's just fine and dandy over in
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the UK. Are these people for real? Meanwhile, get fired
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from your job and see how that shit works out
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for you. Be lucky if you get unemployment. You know
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how these companies are file for unemployment and they try
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and deny you say you you know, were fired for
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cause whatever it might be. But this dirt bag out
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here running around in his tidy Whitey's over at Jeffrey
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Epstein's house ends up getting a golden parachute. Huh, folks,
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I'm in the wrong line of work. But last night
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there were doubts about how much material would be released
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after the Metropolitan Police warned against publishing anything that could
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undermine its criminal investigation into Lord Mandelsson's activities. Now those
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are great words to hear, investigation, but let's remember we're
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talking about Metro Police who cleared Epstein in Maxwell multiple times,
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so I'm not exactly confident that they're going to do
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the right thing. But I hope so, I hope that
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the English politicians force the issue. Now, look, I'm not naive.
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I don't think the English politicians are any better than ours.
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But I do think they recognize the moment for what
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it is, and I think they're smart enough to know
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that the people demand action. Scotland yards investigating whether emails
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in which Lord Mandelson appeared to send Epstein market sensitive
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information while serving as Labor Business Secretary during the financial
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crisis could constitute misconduct in public office, a crime that
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carries a potential life sentence. Well, we know that Jeffrey
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Epstein benefited bigley from the recession. We know he was
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bailed out, and we know he made over two hundred
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and fifty million dollars on the back end. So this
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gluttonous fuck was eating from both sides of the table.
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He was eating from the disaster and then he was
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getting fat on the recovery. You know your money, that
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ball out money. Yeah that. Though the Mandelssynh scandal has
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left Sirrakir's premiership hanging in the balance, with rumors sweeping
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Westminster that some prime ministers are even considering resigning in
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a bid to accelerate his downfall. Hey, look, got to
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pay the piper, bro. You made the decision to send
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MANDELSSHN to DC, you made the decision to bring him
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back into government, So now you got to catch that
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proverbial falling knife. The Cross Party Intelligence and Security Committee
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will now decide what material is released, with the chair
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of warning embarrassment is not enough for evidence to be suppressed.
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A series of emails have already been released that cast
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light on mister Mandelsson's friendship with Epstein. Some of them
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mess show the Labor Grande celebrating the pedophiles released from
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jail as Liberation Day and calling them a naughty boy,
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not one single thought for those girls that were abused
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down in Florida, Because that's what Epstein went to jail for, right,
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That's what he was in jail for the eighteen months for.
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And Kiir Starmer's out here calling him a naughty boy
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for molested little kids. The latest Epstein files document dump
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by US authorities has piled further pressure on Lord Mandelson,
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who's facing a criminal probe and has quit the House
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of Lords. Well that's cool, I'm sure he could find
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a job within the Trump administration, maybe with Ben black
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or with Howard Lutnik. One email thread from July of
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two thousand and nine apparently shows the then government minister
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asking Epstein how they should celebrate his release from prison
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after serving thirteen months for soliciting prostitution with the minor,
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which again we know is not even a real thing.
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Miners cannot consent. Epstein responded with grace and modesty. Those
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are the names of two strippers. Lord Mandelsson said from
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now on grace and modesty should be discovered in London.
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The emails can be traced to him because his private
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email address was left unredacted in one of the messages
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and his name in another. The Dealy Mail has redacted
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most of the email address with a gray box in
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this article, while the original redactions from the US Department
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of Justice are black boxes. The former UK ambassador to
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the US told the dea email the messages were his,
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but they are his Epstein observations, not mine, and that
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he was saying Epstein should find grace and modesty, not strippers.
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Oh no, that's exactly what you were saying. Huh. So,
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not only do they have no respect for you, they
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think you're stupid too. Keep that in mind. The two
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thousand and nine emails also show Mandelssohn asking how his
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freedom feeling, to which the sex offender replied, she feels fresh, firm,
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and creamy. Naughty boy, the labor grandee wrote in response.
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In another message, Mandelsh can be seen telling Epstein upon
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his release liberation day, Well, that's pretty ironic because the
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only thing being liberated at this point is mister mandelssh
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from his career. The crude messages of prompted disgust from
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figures across the political spectrum, with SNP Westminster leader Stephen
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Flynn writing on X sick Bastards, and Tory shadow minister
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Alex Berghardt telling MP's he was shocked and disturbed. YO,
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that sounds cool as hell. A shadow minister? How do
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I apply for that gig? Will that be like Lord
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Varres in Game of Thrones? Or is it like Steve
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Bannon here in America? Downing Street sources play down the
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prospect of Mandelson files being released today, although it's still possible.
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As seen in the US, the process may take some time,
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although any excessive delay or redactions will lead the further
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political rows and claims of a cover up. YO. The
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cover up is roiling over in the UK, and I'm
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here for it tall my listeners over in the UK,
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over in Ireland, over in Scotland. We're going to be
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following along every step of the way, because all of
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it matters, all of it's connected, and it shows you
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the true reach of Jeffrey Epstein's network and just how
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powerful it was. With Sirrakiir's authority in tatters, even normally
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loyal labor figures have questioned how long he can hang
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on senior MPs or in the situation will not end
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well for Sir Ekir and the clock is ticking, while
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ex Cabinet Minister Lord Hutton suggested that his time and
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power is coming to a close. If the Mandelssyn files
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revealed the pm knew more about Lord Mandelson's links to
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Epstein than he made out, that could prove fatal to
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his leadership. Yeah, I would say so, And if it does,
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I'd say that's a great precedent and one that should
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surely be followed here in the United States. Unfortunately, considering
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the robber barons and the oligarchs we have ruling US,
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I have my doubts if that's going to occur, but
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either way, we'll be here every single day keeping the
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flags of discontent waving. And to all of you who
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have just recently found the podcast, I appreciate each and
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every one of you who stick around and continue to
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support the podcast as we push for transparency and justice
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for those who deserve it most. And speaking of justice,
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we finally have our hands on that charging document from
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Epstein's arrests the first time around down in Florida, so
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later on today we'll start taking a look at that
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as well. But as for this one, well that's going
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to do it. All of the information that goes with
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