You might remember a legendary scene in Fawlty Towers where Basil has secretly backed a horse and won, and is desperate that his wife Sybil does not find out.
Yes, note how all the opprobrium is centred on Mandelson's relationship with Epstein, and how people fall over themselves to "apologise" to Epstein's "victims", and to show how Mandelson might have damaged the UK economy by leaking official secrets.
But it's much wider than this. The latest episode is just the catalyst. People are sick of paying for the privilege of being lied to by a self-serving "elite" who despise this country. We recognise that there has been a systemic effort to eliminate integrity from public life. Hence the slew of videos revisiting all of Starmer's obvious lies, broken promises, backtracking, and bad faith. They have always been there, but now people are seeing the truth in them.
While we're at it, can we have a replay of Gordon Brown with his head in his hands, despairing at being found out that he had referred to a concerned voter as a "bigoted woman"?
We shall see in the fullness of time. Rotten politics, leads to rotten outcomes, the truth of which becomes more and more apparent every single day... 🤔🧐
I've heard it said that they appointed Mandelson as ambassador not despite his dubious past but because of it: the thinking was that you need someone of that calibre to deal effectively with Trump and get the best outcomes for Britain.
Yes, note how all the opprobrium is centred on Mandelson's relationship with Epstein, and how people fall over themselves to "apologise" to Epstein's "victims", and to show how Mandelson might have damaged the UK economy by leaking official secrets.
But it's much wider than this. The latest episode is just the catalyst. People are sick of paying for the privilege of being lied to by a self-serving "elite" who despise this country. We recognise that there has been a systemic effort to eliminate integrity from public life. Hence the slew of videos revisiting all of Starmer's obvious lies, broken promises, backtracking, and bad faith. They have always been there, but now people are seeing the truth in them.
While we're at it, can we have a replay of Gordon Brown with his head in his hands, despairing at being found out that he had referred to a concerned voter as a "bigoted woman"?
We shall see in the fullness of time. Rotten politics, leads to rotten outcomes, the truth of which becomes more and more apparent every single day... 🤔🧐
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I've heard it said that they appointed Mandelson as ambassador not despite his dubious past but because of it: the thinking was that you need someone of that calibre to deal effectively with Trump and get the best outcomes for Britain.
Very interesting interview on the bad players!
https://www.youtube.com/live/15wLmE7_tCo?si=86PjwiIW3CikRixj