Peter Mandelson is godfather to one of Robert Harris' children, and in fact his initial falling out with Blair was when Mandelson was sacked for dishonesty the first time, which he thought was harsh.
McSweeney had a “back and forth” with Doyle, the files say, over Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein. Doyle is named in the initial Mandelson files as having been “satisfied” with the former peer’s explanation of his relationship with Epstein, whom he stayed with after the businessman’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor. Both McSweeney and Doyle have already left No 10.
So the final decision, that Mandelson's continued relationship with a paedophile after his conviction wasn't a problem, was made by someone who is currently suspended by Labour after they "discovered" he maintained a relationship with a DIFFERENT paedophile after HIS conviction.
Ah go on. Mrs Dara really enjoyed Butter, so this will be a little post-Mother's Day surprise.
Guys, I've been doing some research in this, and I think I've identified where everyone's going wrong: DIFFERENT PLACES HAS BINS ON DIFFERENT DAYS!
It's the only explanation that makes sense. Though you'd think the government would explain it better.
#I'veFinallyCrackedBins
#You'reWelcome
We are learning that many people are wrong about when Bins is (it is every third Friday, and recycling is every second Saturday)
#bins
#binday
#wrongheadednonsensepeople
Close-up photo of the legs and feet of JD Vance and Marco Rubio showing some comically oversized shoes
It gets better. Here's Vance and Rubio in the Oval Office...
me and the other scheming viziers are wearing shoes gifted to us by the king that are way too big. we look ridiculous. the whole court is laughing at us behind our backs. honestly this is a pretty low point for us, the scheming viziers
“We warned those uppity protestors the state would stomp on them and so it’s their fault for getting stomped on. I stand for nothing and I am very intelligent.”
You don’t have to deepthroat the boot
I too like to document my crimes in writing, and I can't see any negative consequences for doing it.
ca.rollingstone.com/these-people...
What about textiles? I have some textiles. And I've gone on the website, but there's nothing there aboutv what you do for old paint. To be honest, it's not a very good website. You should do something about that.
#Bins #FixTheWebsiteSteve
No. Bin day is Thursday. You've missed it. It's just Green bins and Food waste this week, black bins next.
Though I've PAID FOR a bulky items collection tomorrow, so I've got a mattress and a bedframe in the front garden. Paid £12, cos I'm kind of a big deal.
#Bins #ManOfConsiderableMeans
Actually, Ally Pally is walkable from my house, so I'll always consider a gig there. Never the fireworks, though. That's just hellish.
My wife bought me one of those homemade pasta rollers at Christmas so I can make spaghetti, tagliatelle and lasagne.
It's an enormous faff, takes up A LOT of counter real-estate, and makes spaghetti that's MAYBE as nice as the cheap stuff you buy in Lidl.
I HATE IT! I'LL NEVER STOP USING IT!
Nobody need endorse everything their party does. However, membership of a political party, and campaigning on behalf of a political party, is a de facto concession that, on balance, its platform contains more you agree with than disagree with. This is not in any way a controversial argument.
It's important to point out that the person associating Duncan with things Duncan has condemned is first and foremost Duncan.
By remaining a member of and for campaigning on behalf of a political party doing things Duncan has condemned. 1/2
Well, yes. That's why I'm describing @b11ckchps.bsky.social's conclusion as "reasonable" rather than "correct." Nobody knows what's in someone's heart, they can merely make a reasonable judgement based on that person's actions or inactions.
And they have done in this instance.
Because your words aren't followed up by commensurate action, I suppose?
Which doesn't mean someone can't draw the conclusion, and reasonably so, that it doesn't matter all that much to you.
Yeah, sure, but none of it is exactly a deal-breaker for you, is it? Which means he's entitled to conclude it doesn't matter ALL THAT MUCH to you, surely?
I suppose because you're still a Labour Party member and activist, he's concluded that you are at least ambivalent about "dishonesty to advance political goals" as a strategy, because otherwise you wouldn't still be a Labour Party member and activist?
I've thought long and hard about going to a gig at Wembley to see a band I actually liked, because Wembley is a surprisingly difficult place to get to for somewhere not that far away.
Going to there for an event that you disdain is just an unusual thing to do.
The process for Scotland and Wales to extricate themselves from the Union will likely be painful and have some negative effects, in much the same way as an animal caught in a snare will not enjoy chewing off their own leg.
But, you know...
"These pie-in-the-sky leftists don't understand how the real world works, which is why their attempts at governing are doomed to failure, unlike the clear-eyed competent realists who have governed historically!"
I feel this would be a better argument if John could point to counter-examples of effective governance from his preferred political strand...
I was 50 on Thursday (happy birthday, me etc etc,) which means that I'm almost to the day the same age as the 5.25" floppy disk, the first of which had a storage capacity of 90 kilobytes, and cost about $6, which is about $35 at today's prices. I can buy 10 256Gb flash drives on Amazon for that.
Yeah, but by the same token, if you're Louis Theroux, you don't get to feel aggrieved about it!
We didn't start "we didn't start "we didn't start the fire.""
That was Steve, from BlueSky. Get him!
I saw Nostrils Of Colleagues opening for Camera Obscura in the Barrowlands etc etc etc
That there will be members you personally find uncongenial. It's simple mathematics, really.
