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Epstein kept me 'separate' from his sexual side because I'm gay, says Lord Peter Mandelson (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 2 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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'cking 'ell!

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[–] cheeseburger@piefed.ca 44 points 2 months ago

Lol it's the Kevin Spacey gambit.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 37 points 2 months ago

A bit rude of him not to procure some boys for his honoured guest

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 31 points 2 months ago

I didn’t know my buddy was a rapist until I did know and then I supported him anyway and when people called me out I said I didn’t know even though everyone can see from the letters I wrote that I knew.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Riiiiiiiggggghhht.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Exactly what I was thinking. The dude is one of the most prolific sex traffickers of our time but he drew the line at... gay?

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Also (supposedly) collecting kompromat on the world’s rich and powerful… unless they’re gay?

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Can't compromise the gays. Probably written somewhere in Russian or something.

[–] Gentryfried@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago

Ecidence suggests he didn't draw the line at gay, anyway. See: "ask him (steven bannon) if they have photos of trump blowing bubba"

[–] MrNesser@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Mandleson has somehow crawled back from multiple scandals.

At this point he's radioactive to any government

Somehow I think this is the last nail in his political coffin.

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 10 points 2 months ago

That coffin is made almost entirely from last nails.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago

Mandelson is the proverbial cockroach that can't be annihilated by nuclear war or even political scandal.

[–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago

Give him time. Already published this week in the Spectator giving his views about how great Trump is etc. Next week he'll be back on the evening dinner circuit, the week after back in Westminster. By Spring he'll be in the cabinet as Foreign Sectetary.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 9 points 2 months ago

Why aren't you vocally and publicly calling for release of the files then? If they would help prove your innocence, I would start doing that....

Won't hold my breath.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Epstein was homophobic too? What a disgrace. Brave of Mandelson to bring this to our attention.