youtu.be/VietO5mmJcI?si=APpT… Andy Burnham is like Peter Sellers in Being There - meaningless platitudes at all times....

“We have taken the steps to ban your children from watching YouTube but if you would like to sign up for them to be chemically castrated, go right ahead.”

🚨 BREAKING: News completely blows apart Starmer’s core defence. Starmer was explicitly shown evidence of Mandelson’s deep, sustained relationship with Jeffrey Epstein before the appointment and approved it anyway. A formal due-diligence dossier compiled by the Cabinet Office, containing a detailed Telegraph investigation that laid out: •A friendship going back over a decade •Mandelson staying at Epstein’s New York home after his conviction •Celebrating birthdays at Epstein’s Paris apartment •Ongoing contact years after Epstein’s child sex offences •Close ties to Ghislaine Maxwell’s TerraMar project •Epstein referring to him as “Petie” long after his conviction Starmer’s position is now untenable Starmer has claimed: •he didn’t know the “depth” of the relationship •he relied on vetting processes •he acted once he discovered the truth But the timeline now shows: •He was briefed •He knew enough to ask specific questions •He chose to believe Mandelson’s denial over documented evidence •He proceeded anyway That is a catastrophic political judgement call The real scandal isn’t Mandelson lying (It’s expected behaviour from a compromised operator.) Starmer and McSweeney treated Epstein’s victims as a reputational risk to be managed, not a moral red line. They didn’t miss the warning signs. They discounted them. Why the “civil servants failed us” defence collapses Starmer now trying to pin this on officials doesn’t work because: •the due-diligence did its job •the information was escalated •the Prime Minister read it •McSweeney personally sought reassurance from Mandelson because the evidence was serious When a leader is shown evidence and chooses to override it, responsibility sits at the top. End of. This confirms: •a Labour leadership culture that normalised proximity to wealth and power •a belief that elite assurances outweigh documented facts •moral judgement dulled by status, access and familiarity And now the record shows: Starmer was not misled in the dark 👉he was briefed in the light. That changes everything.

RT @RosieDuffield1: Just a reminder. While #Mandelson enjoys tax payers' money for a job which comes with a luxury lifestyle, I was 'invest…

"Keir Starmer showed no curiosity whatsoever about what one of his peers had been up to with Jeffrey Epstein." An extraordinary two minutes of radio from the FT's Jim Pickard confirming that everybody knew, and nobody cared

Stop calling everyone you disagree with Nazis. There’s a real world out there, and your words can make people pick up guns.

The Twilight of Nicola Sturgeon My review of Frankly jkrowling.com/in-my-own-word…

1. A thread 🧵on the extraordinary Christian Legal Centre case of the Darlington nurses… A lot has happened over the last year. Here we put it all together for the first time...

Ten worst moments of the assisted suicide bill committee stage:

This really is quite remarkable from Britain's top prosecutor. NCHIs have been a matter of considerable controversy for a few years now. Does Parkinson not follow the news in his area of responsibility? And, whether he does or not, why isn't he embarrassed to admit that he doesn't know what they are? It's part of his job to know this stuff. thetimes.com/article/e2b0eee…

Credit to @BBCNewsnight for giving time to two young survivors of #NOVA Oct 7 pogrom to tell their story. Chilling. Moving. Visceral. BUT #Newsnight hashtag: Vicious, nasty, spiteful responses - clear that Israel Hatred & Jew Hatred are too often interchangeable #BringThemHome

Someone who was sexually assaulted at the age of 11 demanded, in her victim impact statement, that the Pakistani perpetrators be deported. A judge told her to remove this - why? This is the same cowardice that betrayed so many girls in the first place: unherd.com/newsroom/grooming…

Two-tier Keir addresses Sue Gray and Lord Ali controversies.

£11.6 billion of taxpayers money spaffed away on overseas climate aid and we continue to pay for MPs energy costs on their second homes while millions of pensions will have their winter fuel payments cut. They are treating us like suckers.

In a highly emotional interview, Angela Carini has just explained that she abandoned because she had never been punched so hard. Imane Khelif said nothing. And this is the issue that the IOC’s Mark Adams suggested everyone should just ‘dial down’. An absolute scandal

I’m so angry at the IOC they learn nothing from history or science & women continually pay the price

Angela Carini abandoned the match moments into it. She was expected to compete against a man in women’s sport. This is not right, fair or safe. She should not have had to do any of this. Get men out of women’s sport.

“The moment you have debased yourself for shaming women & girls for having boundaries & something called consent in their lives, you do not deserve to be representing citizens.” The final installment of reviewing the stupidest ad campaign of all time with @MoiraDeemingMP.

This is an utter disgrace.

Let's all be more Jane.