Wow, what a week.
In the Commons, Kemi Badenoch asked: “Can the Prime Minister tell us, did the official security vetting he received mention Mendelssohn’s ongoing relationship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein?”
“Yes, it did,” Sir Keir Starmer responded.
The shock was deafening. Sir Keir appointed the absolute worst possible person for the job of ambassador and turns out well, it wasn’t all his fault at all.
Sir Keir said: “I knew of his association with Epstein but had I known then what I know now, I’d have never appointed him.
“Because what emerged last week were emails, Bloomberg emails, which showed that the nature and extent of the relationship that Peter Mandelson had with Epstein was far different to what I had understood to be the position when I appointed him.”
Oh, please, only what he knew now, he must have known then, because we all knew that Mandelson was friends with a convicted, controversial billionaire paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein.
Keir also knew that the head of MI5 had said that Mandelson was a security threat and risk, and that he should be nowhere near the role of ambassador to the US.
Keir apparently had warnings from MI5, the police and MI6 and ignored them.
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And what about Mandelson’s career history? What more did he need?
No wonder Keir tried to mark his own homework and get his own people to investigate the security detail.
His own party were having none of it.
Mrs Badenoch declared during PMQs: “Labour MPs now have to decide if they want to be accessories to his cover-up.”
Well, now he’s trying to weasel out of it. “It’s not my fault, guv. He lied to me.”
Sir Keir said: “The answers he gave were lies. He portrayed Epstein as someone he barely knew. And when that became clear and it was not true, I sacked him. Such deceit is incompatible with public service.”
Honestly, you’re supposed to be a forensic lawyer.
Sir Keir apologised to Epstein’s victims on Thursday
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During his apology to Epstein victims, he said: “I am sorry.
“Sorry for what was done to you. Sorry that so many people with power failed you. Sorry for having believed Mandelson’s lies and appointed him.” Yes, I bet you are. But that’s exactly what you did. You turned a blind eye.
He babbled on about tolerance, social conscience, Tory austerity, and selling a lie that people who look different can’t live together.
Stick to the point, man. You hired someone completely unsuitable despite all the warning signs. Mind you, Mandelson isn’t the only bad hire.
Louise Hague resigned when a previous fraud conviction came to light. Tulip Siddiq resigned as an anti-corruption Minister on charges of corruption.
Mike Amesbury, who punched a constituent to the floor. Rushanara Ali, the Homelessness Minister, who made the tenants homeless. Angela Rayner, the Housing Minister, who underpaid her stamp duty.
And now Peter Mandelson. Look, I may have missed someone because in just 18 months, 12 frontbench ministers have been sacked. And what happened to this?
On the steps of No10 on July 5, 2024, Sir Keir said: “You have given us a clear mandate and we will use it to deliver change, to restore service and respect to politics. End the era of noisy performance. Tread more lightly on your lives and unite our country.”
Tread more lightly on your lives then they came out with digital ID, not in their manifesto.
Mind you, neither was scrapping winter fuel, farmers’ inheritance tax and an NI hike, which they promised not to raise, freezing income tax thresholds, which is an indirect tax rise, removal of business rates relief, the Chagos deal.
The list is endless. And how many U-turns? Bad decisions reversed because they would have bankrupted the country. And now the Peter Mandelson scandal.
The police force launched an investigation into the ex-Labour minister on Tuesday, after suggestions that he passed on market sensitive Government information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said he has not been arrested and enquiries are ongoing.
Seriously. Keir Starmer is on borrowed time and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage must be ecstatic.
Here they are dancing. The problem is, if he goes, what follows? Believe it or not, it’s probably worse.
Could it be David Lammy? Or could it be Ed Miliband? Angela Rayner?
In my view, Labour’s only real hope was Andy Burnham. And Keir made sure that that was never going to happen, putting his own career ahead of the party and indeed the country.
You see, Keir. It’s not as easy as you thought.
You banged on about change and sleaze from the Tories when you were in Opposition, but you and your party are mired in it.
I’ve got to hand it to you here. In just 18 months, you’ve managed to achieve what the Tories did in 14 years.
Keir Starmer is a disaster from start to finish. For the sake of the country, for goodness sake, man, step aside.