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To think there are more important things than Mandelsen and Epstein

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RhaenysRocks · 14/09/2025 09:20

Just watching LK this morning big interview and main discussion is about Mandelsen and his appointment given his history with Epstein. Who is dead. Meanwhile there are two wars ongoing, a huge, increasingly violent march in London, an incredibly worrying bill about SEND on Monday being discussed. I don't care about sleaze. This is not at all political , I'm neither pro nor anti one party, but why is the BBC focusing on this?

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MayaPinion · 14/09/2025 10:22

I think we deserve to know who’s leading us, and whether they’re fit to do so, or whether they should be in jail.

Platypusdiver · 14/09/2025 20:48

I think we deserve to know who’s leading us, and whether they’re fit to do so, or whether they should be in jail.

Why? Mandelsen was friends with someone who the full extent of his sexual deprivity wasn't known until decades later. He sent some creepy emails. How does that warrant jail? Also mandelsen has nothing to do with running this country.

Starmer has done more than most in this country for enabling grooming gangs to be convicted. What crime has he potentially committed?

Who else are you concerned about?

I suspect this over the top reaction is more about destabilising starmer's work on the international stage. It is obvious starmer hasn't got the political dark skills to convince on the domestic front, but he is doing well abroad and especially with trump. I reckon this has been lept on to bring down a key link in his american strategy.

Btw look up James McMurdock mp for reform. He beat up his girlfriend about 20 years. According Nigel Farage he deserved Christian forgiveness. He stayed on as an mp until his dodgy business dealings came to light. How much was said in the press about farage's lack of judgement?

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