Spot on Corker and Richard, and thanks for that admirable quote from Solzhenitsyn
I can’t see Starmer surviving this either: the stench will only get worse when the papers relating to Mandelson’s appointment are made public (today?) and the bits that we proles aren’t permitted to see are scrutinised by the Intelligence and Security Committee.
Live by the sword, die by the sword: and I sincerely hope that the ultra-devious Mandelson is prosecuted, sent for trial and spends his declining years banged-up in chokey. I heard the word ‘treason’ bandied about yesterday, which while strictly untrue as that only applies to divulging state secrets to an individual or country defined as an ‘enemy’, Mandelson’s communications with Epstein would certainly appear to be similar.
Plenty of Labour MPs never miss an opportunity to tell us how much they care about womens rights. How do those MPs – especially the large amount of female Labour MPs – square that commitment with supporting a Prime Minister who appointed the best buddy of a serious sex offender
Several women MPs who made speeches in the Commons yesterday were intensely annoyed to the point of (justifiably) boiling over and it would seem more than likely that they would support a vote of no confidence in Starmer if one is submitted. Though I hope Starmer take’s the gentleman’s way out and resigns before that’s necessary.