Ed

it’s grim up north

[Ed @MarcoPravda]

@raducrisanx Any La Porte in a storm

[Ed @MarcoPravda]

@FBAwayDays Surprised he could afford it

[Y @tinscognito__]

If I’m Oliver Glasner I wouldn’t bother with next Sunday. I’d simply ask the pgmol what scoreline they have in mind for Arsenal and avoid the hassle.

[Elvis Buñuelo @Mr_Considerate]

The Green Party, which I have never voted for, has betrayed its founding principles, which I have spent decades dismissing. How has such a noble cause, which I have never supported, been so betrayed?

[Ed @MarcoPravda]

@cityreport_ @9320pod Superb

[Ed @MarcoPravda]

@nwater_care Come on Dan, get it fixed!!

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

100% this

[Rick Aaron @RickAaron]

BREAKING: The United States has threatened to drop their biggest bomb on Iran. B-52s are being loaded with DVDs of the Melania documentary.

[Sophy Ridge @SophyRidgeSky]

Peter Mandelson is obviously a very charming man. Funny, well connected, gossipy, you hear a lot of people talk about him with affection in Westminster.

My own stand out memory of him is a little different. The first time I met him was at my first ever Labour Party conference, I was a trainee reporter in my early twenties. 

In other words, I had no status or any connections really at all.

And I guess the best way to put it, is that Peter Mandelson was dismissive rather than charming.

The reason I'm saying this is because I think it goes to the heart of Westminster's problem, a problem that I believe is deeply connected to the Epstein scandal (in Epstein’s world status - connections - and money - was everything.)

Because people who look at Westminster - in the same way as they might look at Washington - and think, this is a closed group of elites, who all know each other, who go to the same parties, and share the same in jokes... well, to a large extent, they are right.

There are too many people in Westminster who look over the shoulder of the person they're talking to see if there's someone more important in the room.

Status is everything... what stories can they give me... how can they further my career? The personal and the professional become blurred. 

And Peter Mandelson is the embodiment of that. Charming, well connected, gossipy. In the inner circle. 

If we're honest with ourselves, that's the reason he's been allowed to fail and then be rehabilitated so many times. It's the reason he was given the best job in politics - US Ambassador - despite being friends with a paedophile. And it's the reason he's had a softer landing than many others would have in his position. 

A softer landing... until now. Because after the latest dump of Epstein emails, there really is no coming back. Not even for the most charming man in Westminster.

[Ed @MarcoPravda]

@Mensah2Raph Naturally

[No Context Brits @NoContextBrits]

Pizza costing £25.99.

[Ed @MarcoPravda]

@BlueCityBrain @Smashi01 Net spend, glorious!

[Ed @MarcoPravda]

@TomY9825 @mcfcmelissa The plot thickens

[Ed @MarcoPravda]

@Neilfarrington Of a bigger concern to you? Thanks for caring.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

This is why it's important to read books.

[TR @Deji_mide]

The difference is crazy 😂

[Ed @MarcoPravda]

@PeteHall86 @Antzharris10 Classic stuff, keep it coming!

[Keith Edwards @keithedwards]

BREAKING: MADURO WAS ARRESTED BEFORE A SINGLE PERSON IN THE EPSTEIN FILES

[Ed @MarcoPravda]

@HonestFrank I can only imagine, at this stage he has declined it

[Ed @MarcoPravda]

@goatersmotors @afc_N7k Haha great burn