James Carruthers retweetledi
James Carruthers
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James Carruthers retweetledi
@JoculRec @lara_spirit I don't think that's what they mean. Of course it's not ok but Epstein's dead - Mandy can't pass secrets to him any more but his links to China are much more pertinent, given the CCP isn't going anywhere
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@lara_spirit "Senior govt sources say foreign links were the decisive factor in UKSV decision, not Epstein". So Mandy being bessie mates with an infamous convicted criminal was deemed ok?
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Also in tomorrow’s Sunday Times:
– No 10 believes Robbins had four previous opportunities to inform them of the vetting advice. They attack Robbins’ allies for “desperately trying to shift the blame”
– Sue Gray, Starmer’s former chief of staff, has been texting MPs in support of Robbins
– Senior govt sources say foreign links were the decisive factor in UKSV decision, not Epstein. Follows @ShippersUnbound report that mitigations re Mandelson’s prior private sector work for Global Counsel were put in place
– Friends of Robbins continue to insist No10 misunderstands the vetting rules. Ciaran Martin tells me: “If the prime minister feels it’s not the right system then the answer is for him to change the system, and, if need be, the law. Instead he has sacked someone who appears to have applied the current rules correctly.”
Lara Spirit@lara_spirit
EXCLUSIVE The single biggest client of Lord Mandelson’s lobbying firm was a company linked to the Chinese military, leaked documents show Global Counsel, in which Mandelson retained shares while he was the UK ambassador to Washington, received £2.24 million from WuXi AppTec, a Shanghai-listed life science company, last year In 2024, it received £1.42 million, when Mandelson’s appointment was announced The company topped a list of “biggest clients by revenue” shared among senior executives at GC W/ @Gabriel_Pogrund
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Truly demented idea.
Sounds very Baby's First Primer On Adam Smith but I have tried to teach my children about what prices mean ever since they were old enough. Unbelievably important for people to know that they aren't just arbitrary numbers plucked from the air.
YouGov@YouGov
The Greens have proposed capping top wages in a company at 10x the level of the lowest wages - a move that 65% of Britons would support Strongly support: 41% Somewhat support: 24% Somewhat oppose: 10% Strongly oppose: 7%
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@Aureliu25819482 @hewantswealth I'm guessing because she's a manager and this role is for an assistant....
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@hewantswealth Tight cunt lol. I pay my cs manager £41k pa and she works remote.
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I’m quite shocked that Steven Bartlett, a millennial, from humble beginnings, is requesting work from the office 5 days per week, in London, on a maximum £35,000 salary.
He was meant to be revolutionary. UK workers are worth so much more but continue to be low-balled 🤦🏾♂️
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@ThoughtsAbStuff @CptHastings1916 Economics obviously not a strong point and you clearly don't know much about the Mars family
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@CptHastings1916 Because car manufacturers are greedier than Mars Inc.
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@PoIiticsForMe @mr_james_c But that's what he's saying - those populist left-wing policies that are being floated e.g. rent controls, won't do anything to address such fundamental economic issues
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@mr_james_c There aren’t a lot of jobs and places where the jobs are, rents are high… you can ignore that this is getting worse all you like, and keep spouting “just live within your means”. Cool, but don’t then complain when leftist populism becomes appealing
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Whenever I read complaints about expensive rent it's inevitably:
- university educated
- working in media, policy, civil service, "activism" (ie. high status but low paying jobs)
- living in an expensive city (NY, London, San Francisco)
- renting in a vibey, exciting part of the city, close to social groups
- refuses to countenance moving to somewhere less vibey but more affordable
"Rent is so expensive we need rent controls". Yes you clown because you want everything, just like everyone else around you.
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@hgreen81 @Leaveme58694423 @icenianV7 @WillKingston Maybe not Tesco but Asda are still on the look out for a new permanent CEO - if it's as easy as you say, why not throw your own hat in the ring for that....
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@Leaveme58694423 @icenianV7 @WillKingston They could easily get someone internally to do it. Probably better. It’s a Ponzi scheme. Execs aren’t gonna cut their own pay or the pay of other execs below them as that justifies their own higher salary. Govt needs to step in.
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@Heccles94 But the party that actually runs sectarian election campaigns and has a leader who has stated he would exclude from society anyone with any right wing (in his warped opinion) views, is not hateful??
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I’m white. I’m English. Im a young man.
I think that Reform UK and Restore Britain are despicable parties praying on hate and fear.
They are establishment charlatans funding dangerous far-right ethno-nationalists to try and seize power.
They are dangerous.
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@WulfrunianChris @FeldsparElodie So how are you able to repost those same images then as a local government officer?
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@FeldsparElodie You absolutely do need permission to make political collateral using children.
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As a teacher it’s a genuinely massive safeguarding concern for Reform to be allowing things like this to be posted.
Having to get full photo permissions as a teacher was a nightmare.
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage takes photos with secondary school children in East Sussex
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@sales_belinda @truthpolitics76 @Anniepop2027 That's rich for the PM that sold himself on the back of supposed moral superiority. Turns out he's just as deceitful and disingenuous as the rest of them. Maybe Starmer should've wound his neck in a bit, people might not be so desperate to bring him down if he had
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@truthpolitics76 @Anniepop2027 Oh FFS. He made an error. "He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone."
Get over yourself
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Please get over it. It's done. Over with. PM apologised. Mandelson was sacked after a few months. We have wars to deal with. Cost of living crisis. Why don't you journalists take a responsible stance & focus on what matters? Not this storm in a teacup exaggerated by Tories.
Pippa Crerar@PippaCrerar
Peter Mandelson’s appointment was a political one and FCDO knew that Keir Starmer/ Morgan McSweeney wanted it to happen even though the due diligence process had raised red flags. Olly Robbins’ response to this question gives, I think, an insight into why he overruled the security vetting decision: “The PM took advice and took a view himself and we then acted on that view”. What it doesn’t explain is why he didn’t flag security concerns over Britain’s top diplomatic appointee with No 10 - or if he told officials why they didn’t share with the political side of operation.
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@PhilMyers53 Eh? He's clearly threatened calling a GE if anyone in labour moves against him, meaning the majority of them would be booted out - they're acting purely out of self interest, not goodwill
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If Keir believed he should resign, he's the type of man who would. The truth is he has the backing of the Labour Party and every single decent
person in the UK
The rest of you? You can piss off!
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@Heccles94 Wait til you find out the leader of the Greens is privately educated and not working class 🤯
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There is nothing working class about Reform UK.
It is run by privately educated school boys, and financed by billionaire oligarchs.
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@g_gosden @ofsted @metpoliceuk And yet here you are recirculating those same images for monetised clicks....
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This is clearly a safe guarding issue. These children’s parents haven’t been consulted and no permission has been given for their images to be published.
@OFSTED @metpoliceuk what’s your view?
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage takes photos with secondary school children in East Sussex
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@donmcgowan And yet here you are recirculating those same images online for monetised clicks....
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I wonder if Reform UK sought the express permission of parents, to use images of their children online?
As a parent of a school age kid, I have to sign all sorts to give consent for this type of situation.
This is a genuine safeguarding issue.
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage takes photos with secondary school children in East Sussex
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@PaulMit59 @EpochOfWhat @HeatherJeeves Yeah and where are they now? The lying etc caught up with them eventually, as it should with Starmer too
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@EpochOfWhat @HeatherJeeves What like the previous Tory PMs did
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Majority don’t give a monkeys about the Mandelson story. Just a desperate attempt by our bias media to cause instability and chaos.
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@Phat_Zorst @Conservatives Yeah and where are they now? Starmer needs to go the same way
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@Conservatives Cough. #liarjohnson, Rees-Mogg, Hunt, Williamson, Gove. To name but a few..
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The Ministerial Code says that Ministers who knowingly mislead Parliament should resign.
Why is Keir Starmer still here?
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James Carruthers retweetledi
MUST WATCH: Olly Robbins confirms that Starmer personally chose Mandelson and that the FCDO was told to make it happen.
Security officials said he shouldn’t get clearance. They were overruled.
Starmer then told the public Mandelson had “clearance for the role.”
He must he take responsibility and resign.
Aphra Brandreth@AphraBrandreth
At a @CommonsForeign session in November 2025, I directly asked Sir Oliver Robbins whether the FCDO had a different view of who should be recommended for the posting of US Ambassador. His response? "It was clear that the Prime Minister wanted to make this appointment himself."
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@Russ_Ian_Bribe @owenjonesjourno So our PM can only be across one issue at a time then? Sounds highly incompetent to me. Also, geopolitical context you mention is relevant i.e. Trump - who would Mandelson be building diplomatic relations with again? Oh yeah...🤡
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@owenjonesjourno He has a lot going on, let's see, we had tariffs, we had trump games with Ukraine, we had hotels being visited, I could go ect ect. Why have a team if they can't make decisions ? You want him to be working as chancellor as well ? Should he be working in the DWP as well ?
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Even if you believed this:
When the Peter Mandelson scandal broke, wouldn’t you expect Starmer to tell his team:
“Right, I need to know exactly what happened here, starting with how he was vetted.”
What’d be the reason for not doing this unless you are insanely incompetent
Saul Staniforth@SaulStaniforth
"Are you really expecting us to believe that a senior civil servant, off his own bat.. unilaterally overruled vetting to approve a political appointment?" Starmer: "I was not told.." "Doesn't this just sound like you don't have a grip on your govt" Starmer: "I was not told.. "
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@JimC453 @JackParkr @SamCoatesSky Exactly - Starmer trying to pass the buck really doesn't wash on this one
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@JCarruthers1987 @JackParkr @SamCoatesSky A high profile diplomatic appt with a long long history of sleaze and controversy.
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BREAKING: PM visibly raging as he speaks to @SamCoatesSky on Mandelson vetting row
Starmer says it's "staggering" and "unforgivable that [he] was not told", he's "absolutely furious"
"I was not told he had failed security vetting... No 10 was not told, that is completely unacceptable."
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