In other news, turns out the Beckhams sure do go to great lengths to protect their “brand” .. what parent trademarks their son’s name ffs?
Gloves are off .. popcorn out.
Is it true that, when another Beckham son was deciding which football shirt to choose, David said “Wear four out there, Romeo”?
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Now Peter Mandleson has links to Epstein. That bellend has always had a dodgy streak and Starmer somehow had guts to make him ambassador with America he is an absolute pervert.
Starmer being a former director of public prosecutions couldn’t help but give one of his upper class centre right wing mates in his labour party a high position, he has been nothing but an ■■■■■■■■ everywhere he goes.
■■■■ off Mandleson. Wanker
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IIRC it was thought to be a good move at the time because of his amicable relationship with Trump
We now know why he and Trumps were friends!
But what about American intelligence. They would full well know Mandelson’s connection with Epstein and it seems incongrous that the USA would allow his appointment as ambassador to the USA. It makes no sense at all.
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The Trump admin don’t think he has done anything wrong
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Even though Starmer is the leader of the party that the UK needed to have after the Tories created their own core meltdown after 14 years in office, Starmer has lost all his political capital in a bit over one year. Result; emergence of an extreme right wing party which is quite probably going to be worse than the Tories if it manages to gain office.
Oh , but Tim has a very good CV. You know, went to Rugby School, London School of Economics and drove a Jaguar. That would appeal to posh leaning Starmer no doubt.
But… but… Starmer was named after Keir Hardie !
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Albeit observing from Australia its possible to do a broad brush sketch of how things are going in the UK, 3 years after the double whammy of BREXIT and COVID. I just checked the latest figures on UK GDP. So here it is. In 2025, the UK had fallen from 4th highest GDP to 6th highest in the world. This is far from the collapse that might have been the impression of the UK post Brexit. Among European countries, the UK is behind only Germany, as ever, but just ahead of France and Italy.
As for per capita GDP, the UK (~USD55K has fallen behind Australia (~USD65k)
Migration, on a net basis seems to have been brought under control.
However, while economic and migration issues have been brought under control, as in many countries, the people are not happy with the performance of government institutions and social issues and there is pressure towards the right while the Tories seem to have lost their way and Reform has gained popular support as the party of the right. In the UK I suppose that comes from the reduction in standard of living caused by BREXIT and COVID.
I think we need to wait maybe a few more years to see if the signs of improvement in economic stability in the UK under Labour result in sustained better living standards for the UK .
As with most big Western economies the UK has a massive external debt hanging over it. Any big worldwide financial crisis will cause severe problems in the EU, UK, and the US alike. They are all on the edge. The UK is not a happy place right now and there’s no guarantee Labour, Reform or the Tory flavours of government can make people in the UK happy.
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How amazing would it be if Keir Starmer , who never met Epstein pulls the plug on his prime Ministerial career, while the bloke who is mentioned in the Epstein files more than 38000 times carries on, saying, nothing to see there?
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It would be predictable, such are the times
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