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Keir Starmer shored up his position as U.K. prime minister during a dramatic day in Westminster that at times seemed like he might be forced to step down, a reprieve that is likely to be only temporary. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/world/politics/starmer-position-uk-rivals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uk #keirstarmer #labour

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · yesterday

Keir Starmer’s future is in the balance after a crisis over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington claimed the U.K. prime minister’s closest aide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/world/politics/starmer-uk-aide-quits/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #keirstarmer #petermandelson #uk #morganmcsweeney #jeffreyepstein #labour

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

U.K. police investigating the disgraced former ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson, said they’re searching two addresses as part of their probe into misconduct in public office. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/08/uk-police-search-mandelson-addresses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #petermandelson #keirstarmer #jeffreyepstein #gordonbrown #uk

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

Starmer faces a political crisis over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as U.S. ambassador despite knowing his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, undermining public trust and leaving him vulnerable within his Labour Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/06/world/starmer-facing-final-curtain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #keirstarmer #petermandelson #jeffreyepstein #labourparty #edmiliband #wesstreeting #tories

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

Discontent over Keir Starmer’s handling of revelations about former U.S. ambassador’s friendship with pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein has members of the Labour Party contemplating a change of leader. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/08/world/politics/labour-figures-replace-starmer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #keirstarmer #uk #edmiliband #labour #shabanamahmood #angelarayner #wesstreeting #andyburnham

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s appointment of Peter Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador to the U.S. was once praised. Just over a year later, that choice has created the biggest threat yet for Starmer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/06/world/politics/uk-ambassador-starmer-nightmare/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uk #jefferyepstein #keirstarmer #petermandelson

Risotto Bias and 1 other boosted

Emeritus Prof Christopher May

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us · 5 days ago

There's nothing to add....

#PeterMandelson #KeirStarmer #MorganMcSweeney #politics #EpsteinFiles

Cartoon: Peter Mandelson says 'I assure you, I am no longer friends with the last Jeffrey Epstein' while Keir Staremrs says: 'Good enough for me'... and Morgan McSweeney looks on - Ben Jennings/Guardian

Emeritus Prof Christopher May

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us · 5 days ago

There's nothing to add....

#PeterMandelson #KeirStarmer #MorganMcSweeney #politics #EpsteinFiles

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 5 days ago

"And then on top of that, the bottom side of that, which is that conversation that you talked about in the interview I had, the flip side of all of this cabal of the rich kind of protecting each other, is they then legislate and create policy that makes themselves richer, the poor poorer, and then they scapegoat immigrants."

#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #pedophiles #coverup
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 5 days ago

"British Prime Minister Kier Starmer has spent the morning giving an address to the nation apologizing for the actions of Peter Mandelson as it relates to Jeffrey Epstein. Calls for Starmer’s resignation are growing as he admitted to having been warned, in a security briefing, about the contacts prior to appointing Mandelson Ambassador."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #pedophiles #coverup #PeterMandelson #KeirStarmer
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https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-update-fallout-explodes-after

Major Update: Fallout Explodes After Epstein Files Drop as Clintons Demand to Testify Publicly, People Lose Their Jobs, and World Leaders Issue Apologies

We woke up to major developments this morning, and it’s no exaggeration to say the dam is breaking after the release of the Epstein files.

Esther Payne :bisexual_flag: boosted

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

@Lazarou@mastodon.social · 5 days ago

Oh wow, they're comparing this scandal to the Profumo Affair, it's that big!

(It's kinda like 'Watergate' size for UK Politics)

https://news.sky.com/story/the-sex-and-secrets-scandal-which-could-bring-down-another-prime-minister-more-than-60-years-on-from-profumo-13503392

#Starmer #KeirStarmer #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #PeterMandelson #MorganMcSweeney #Labour #JeffreyEpstein

Sky News

Mandelson-Epstein files: Keir Starmer may be facing his very own Profumo scandal

After a chaotic Commons showdown, some MPs are predicting that the Peter Mandelson scandal will bring down Sir Keir Starmer.

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

@Lazarou@mastodon.social · 5 days ago

Oh wow, they're comparing this scandal to the Profumo Affair, it's that big!

(It's kinda like 'Watergate' size for UK Politics)

https://news.sky.com/story/the-sex-and-secrets-scandal-which-could-bring-down-another-prime-minister-more-than-60-years-on-from-profumo-13503392

#Starmer #KeirStarmer #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #PeterMandelson #MorganMcSweeney #Labour #JeffreyEpstein

Sky News

Mandelson-Epstein files: Keir Starmer may be facing his very own Profumo scandal

After a chaotic Commons showdown, some MPs are predicting that the Peter Mandelson scandal will bring down Sir Keir Starmer.

Esther Payne :bisexual_flag: boosted

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

@Lazarou@mastodon.social · last week

None of this is surprising about Peter Mandelson, we've know for decades what a scheming, oligarch obsessed weasel that he is (with apologies to actual weasels, just minding their own woodland business)

This POS is right at the core of the Starmer Project, that failing enterprise we've all suffered under these past two years, the government always defers to the Rich, never the people who voted for them.

#PeterMandelson #Starmer #KeirStarmer #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Labour #ClanOfPaedophiles

19m ago 14.08 GMT

Mandelson engaged in ‘shocking’ betrayal by leaking
information to Epstein, says Labour peer

Catherine MacLeod, a former special adviser to Alistair Darling who is now a
Labour peer, has said that it was “awful” to learn that Peter Mandelson was
advising banks how lobby against a tax on bonuses being proposed by
Darling when he was chancellor.

Referring to the revelation that Mandelson, via Jeffrey Epstein, suggested
that it would be good for JPMorgan to “mildly threaten” Darling (see
9.38am), MacLeod told Radio 4’s the World at One:

44 It is awful that one of Alistair Darling’s colleagues was suggesting this ...
Quite a lot of important and influential bankers employed whatever tactics they
thought would get them somewhere with Alistair Darling.

She also said that revelations about Mandelson leaking internal government
information when he was business secretary to Epstein were “absolutely
shocking”. (See 12.41pm.) She said that this amounted to “betrayal” and that
Mandelson was letting down his colleagues. “There is nothing that can be
said in its defence.”

A vast trove of Epstein documents has been released in the US, and reporters
are still going through them. One shows Mandelson forwarding a memo
written by one special adviser to Gordon Brown, the then PM, to Epstein.
There is at least one other example of Epstein having a business-related
internal goverment memo from around this time, without it being clear how
Epstein obtained it. — 19m ago 14.08 GMT Mandelson engaged in ‘shocking’ betrayal by leaking information to Epstein, says Labour peer Catherine MacLeod, a former special adviser to Alistair Darling who is now a Labour peer, has said that it was “awful” to learn that Peter Mandelson was advising banks how lobby against a tax on bonuses being proposed by Darling when he was chancellor. Referring to the revelation that Mandelson, via Jeffrey Epstein, suggested that it would be good for JPMorgan to “mildly threaten” Darling (see 9.38am), MacLeod told Radio 4’s the World at One: 44 It is awful that one of Alistair Darling’s colleagues was suggesting this ... Quite a lot of important and influential bankers employed whatever tactics they thought would get them somewhere with Alistair Darling. She also said that revelations about Mandelson leaking internal government information when he was business secretary to Epstein were “absolutely shocking”. (See 12.41pm.) She said that this amounted to “betrayal” and that Mandelson was letting down his colleagues. “There is nothing that can be said in its defence.” A vast trove of Epstein documents has been released in the US, and reporters are still going through them. One shows Mandelson forwarding a memo written by one special adviser to Gordon Brown, the then PM, to Epstein. There is at least one other example of Epstein having a business-related internal goverment memo from around this time, without it being clear how Epstein obtained it.

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

@Lazarou@mastodon.social · last week

#PeterMandelson #Starmer #KeirStarmer #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Labour #ClanOfPaedophiles

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

Donald Trump warned Britain against striking business deals with China U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to deepen trade ties with Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/02/world/trump-uk-china-starmer-trip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #china #xijinking #uk #keirstarmer #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he still wants the U.K. to join the European Union’s flagship €150 billion ($178 billion) defense fund after negotiations last year ended in failure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/02/world/politics/starmer-uk-eu-defense-fund/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #keirstarmer #uk #eu #europe #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #defense

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's visit to China is the latest win Beijing can tout in its rivalry with Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/31/world/politics/uk-china-pivot-drawbacks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uk #keirstarmer #china #trade #us #donaldtrump

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Wes Streeting's abilities are being scrutinized, with some Labour MPs questioning whether he has what it takes to be a better prime minister than Starmer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/30/world/slick-eastender-britains-next-prime-minister/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #keirstarmer #andyburnham #wesstreeting #labourparty #reformuk #tonyblair #uk #nigelfarage

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Britain’s Keir Starmer told China’s Xi Jinping that he wanted to build a "sophisticated relationship" to boost growth and security, signalling a breakthrough in ties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/world/politics/uk-starmer-jinping-meet-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uk #keirstarmer #china #xijinping

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

When U.S. President Donald Trump took office a year ago, many saw trouble for China's sluggish economy, but Beijing has thawed frosty relationships with other trade partners to post a record trade surplus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/28/asia-pacific/politics/trump-presidency-china-pivot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #xijinping #uk #keirstarmer #markcarney #canada #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans