Well, that would be an interesting turn of events... and not implausible, depending on how the document,ents were designated at the time
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@ChrisMayLA6 I do wonder how much our political elite draw upon a shared sense of privilege. Especially the men. Private school + Oxbridge.
Well, good riddance.
How this cat with 9 lives is still around, is remarkable anyway.
Why on earth Starmer chose him is beyond me.
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However, it's not like other PMs were any better, ref Evgeny Lebedev. An even more grievous appointment!
@ChrisMayLA6 I have lots of confidence in democracy. What we're seeing here is how the deals are done in a plutocratic oligarchy.
I hope we give democracy a go. I fear that the oligarchs are going to use bigotry and their resources to destroy us all
@ChrisMayLA6 Starmer will be happier if all the noise is focused on old offences from the Files and nobody becomes aware of the recent ones implicating him, and probably Reeves, which can stay hidden under the thirty-year rule.
Some things in the banking/Israel/Trump overlap, I’d imagine.
Nicely illustrates the most likely business Jeffrey Epstein was really in. His sex crimes business, though pleasurable for him, was his fishing gear.
His passion was to troll for rich, powerful, and connected marks, whom he could pleasure, and then persuade or blackmail into exchanging favors.
That would enhance his network and produce confidential personal, business, and govt information he could exchange for profit and to further enhance his network. Begat, begat, begat.
@ChrisMayLA6 you’re right it’s not good for democracy but was Mandelson ever elected for anything?
@ChrisMayLA6 The underlying worry is the implication that our political elites see no boundary on their behaviour. That "Doing the Right Thing" is no more than a performance. While actually even those posing as standing up for virtue will transgress if they think it can be concealed from the public eye.
@ChrisMayLA6 An immediate resignation pre-empts disciplinary action and avoids wider investigation by the #LaɓourParty . However the leaking of confidential government information could lead to prosecution for the common law offence of 'misconduct in public office'. I am not sure where there is any limitation on the latter.
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I should perhaps add - rather shamelessly - that the rationale for pre-emptive resignation from the #labourparty is set out on page 215 and a fictional occasion of it referred to on page 259 of 'The Election - A Modern Chronicle of Barsetshire' published last November!
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boosted... I'm fine with self-publicity
yes, I imagine the latter is what Starmer will be looking at
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@ChrisMayLA6 @djr2024 From Gordon Macdonald SNP:
"The House of Lords (Expulsion & Suspension) Act 2015 empowers the House of Lords to expel or suspend its members through a resolution.
These powers are generally applied to misconduct occurring on or after June 26, 2015, or earlier misconduct that became public after that date."
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@ChrisMayLA6 @djr2024 Reported to police by Stephen Flynn MP
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@ChrisMayLA6 @djr2024 Dan Neidle has been posting more about the emails between Epstein & Mandelson, noting how quickly Mandelson passed on info about US thinking on banking legislation, which Neidle describes as, "live, sensitive financial regulation, of obvious interest to Wall Street."
Updates/details at https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/02/mandelson-epstein-no10-documents-4m-job/
They'll go for misconduct in public office, I suspect.
@ChrisMayLA6 Should he not have been arrested by now. Official secrets act, maybe treason ?
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Well, that would be an interesting turn of events... and not implausible, depending on how the document,ents were designated at the time
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@ChrisMayLA6 @etchedpixels #Scotland is on it...
Peter Mandelson reported to police by SNP over latest Jeffrey Epstein revelations
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25817967.snp-report-peter-mandelson-police-amid-jeffrey-epstein-revelations/
He gave sensitive information to Epstein and was paid for it. I'm sure Denis MacShane went to jail for much less
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If he is imprisoned, he'll be straight out of the House of Lords, provided he's term is over a year
