@PeterTatchell I cannot imagine why you said what you did in the first place. Though I suspect Ann would have forgiven you - most, including myself, won’t
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Here's the thing:
They know they're lying.
We know they're lying.
We know they know they're lying.
They know we know they know they're lying.
And they still think they'll get away with it.
But we know better. https://t.co/JI35avn53A
“The mood among employers is the darkest I’ve ever seen,” says Gail’s boss, Luke Johnson.“No one in this Cabinet has ever been in a business, none of them have ever created any jobs,” This from a man who’s spent 40 years doing both successfully.
https://t.co/BASwYtoi43
Add Keir Starmer's newfound concern for victims of Peter Mandelson's bestie to his backflip on whether women can have penises and his U-turn on the Rotherham grooming gangs enquiry. Starmer is indifferent to harm done to girls and women unless it threatens his career. #StarmerOut
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.
“You couldn't make it up.”
@NickFerrariLBC is left frustrated by what the government chose to focus on instead this weekend, saying ‘Starmer’s just not got it’.
@adamparsons Stay classy, Adam.
Instead of moaning, why not reflect on why you’re now trailing us? These are The Late Show Live ratings last night from midnight-2am. Black line is GB News. Sky blue, BBC red.
Care about your audience? Ask what’s going on here and why ppl are turning over