I did not expect this.
Sadly, this proves that even the infamously evil ROYAL FAMILY has more integrity than Trump and our politicians (including Democrats).
Which is fucking terrifying, really. Brace yourselves, keep your chin up, and all of that
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Note that he didn't got arrested for the pedophilia part.
Also, this being Britain, best wait until the end of the trial to see if he gets convicted and if the sentence is in line with that for similar situations
When comes to nobles over there using the Justice System as a form of whitewash is pretty standard: there's this story of some Peer getting convicted for a second time for Fraud and the high court judge letting him go without any penalty saying that "the shame of a conviction is enough".
Someone on bluesky said that SCOTUS has made American presidents less accountable than British monarchs
I cannot disagree! We can see the effects of "corporations are people" and "money is free speech" all around us.
Every year the corporate dystopia gets more obscene.
Some of those who have billions
Are the same who rape children
RATM
I wsn't expecting to develop begrudging respect for England today.
Add South Korea to the list.
That also Filipinos have sent Duterte to The Hague.
Aaaaand they released him
They have to, this was for pre-charge questioning, and they have time limits on custody for that. They've also searched 3 of his properties and his former residence. The question now is when and if they formally charge him.
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He's not getting out of the eventual trial, and considering the time frames I really doubt he's winning.
The grand old Duke of York
he had 12 million quid
He gave it to someone he’d never met
for something he never did
Well actually it was the taxpayer that had 12 million quid, then gave it to a sweaty nonce for some ungodly reason
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Funny how I knew it wasn't in America not because of the name, but because someone in public office went into custody.
He's being arrested for sharing official documents. Not the disgusting crimes he committed against children and/or women. It's not real accountability, it's theater meant to placate the angry masses.
I read some analysis on this in the guardian, it predicted this would happen, because the police have limited resources and can only follow up one of the two charges. This charge is chosen because there is far more likely to be incontrovertible evidence, probably in the form of paper trails etc. Whereas proving he raped children decades ago relies on witness testimony, which is far easier for his very expensive (taxpayer-funded, mind) lawyers to talk down in court.
If this cunt sees a single day in prison I call that a win.
A good sentiment, though I suspect you shouldn't hold your breath on the prison thing - he's already been released from custody.
Go check out the fawning coverage of The Royals by The Guardian over the years.
It surprises me not at all that "on such an unfortunate occasion" The Guardian would be busy spinning a "reasonable" rationally for not taking to court a member of the Royal Family for those crimes which would result in a lot of dirty linen being washed in public.
"The policy have limited resources, nothing we can do about it, best let it go"
(Curiously, the police have the resources to, for example, go after people against the Genocide in Gaza as Terrorist Supporters or Demonstrators for "Disturbing Public Order")
I'm in complete agreement
Trump had crates full of official documents in his bathroom and nobody touched him in four years.
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As an American I find this confusing to arrest a rich, powerful person on criminal charges.
Especially a rich white person
A rich, white, pedophile! Arrested. Have they no respect? What will they do next... tax them?
They're not going after him for Pedophilia.
Apparently as per the rationale of some very pro-Royal British newspapers, the police doesn't have the resources to properly investigate and prosecute him for Pedophilia, even though according to the news just the other day they arrest 1000 people a year for that very crime.
Yes, I've read. I hope it's one those "Al Capone arrested for Tax Evasion" things where they just went for the one that was easier to prove. I know very little about UK law, but I doubt he would have been arrested on those charges if he hadn't been already disgraced.
But my joke was more on other rich, white, alleged pedophiles with ties to Epstein and the weird fact that people keep bringing those things up when the DOW is over 50000
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As a British person that's something I thought I'd never see.
Arrested on his birthday too.
The late queen's protection of him was a blemish on her record. I'm happy the king has cut him loose to face consequences..... I wonder if they asked him before the arrest...
They didn't.
"The Press Association is reporting that neither King Charles nor Buckingham Palace was informed in advance of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest."
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Almost certainly; Andrew lives on Charles’ private estate.
And what a record it was! Empire’s torture, internment and state killings, racist borders and racist policing, catastrophic wars sold on certainty they didn’t have, colonialism and ethnic cleansing and genocides, a little bit of family racism drama as a cherry on top, and a strong propaganda machine to sell her as a sweet old woman without much power and to ensure people still defend her and worship her.
Her record was too tarnished to blemish.
I'm not British but I'm also very surprised. I can't help but wonder if they would have dared had he still had his title?
on his birthday too.
The cops took the phrase "the icing on the cake" literally, and I think it was an excellent choice.
I can't help but wonder if they would have dared had he still had his title?
I would assume that the king and other interested parties will have known this was coming for a while and that is why he lost his title.
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There is more happening on a global level from the findings in the Epstein files then there is in the US. The US just gets tweets and soundbites on the news. The US is a joke.
Sadly, as I understood from a report I saw this morning, it's not in connection to his pedophilia but to sending highly sensitive gov docs to Epstein which may have been used for financial gain.
And they arrested and imprisoned Al Capone for tax evasion. The important part is they arrested him, and secondly that it was for something related to Epstein. Hopefully the ensuing investigation will cause more details to be revealed and a wider reckoning to occur, but either way, he’s no longer free.
In the UK there's quite the tradition of using the Justice System to merelly whitewash the crimes of the Aristocracy, so better wait until the trial is over before one starts celebrating this.
I'm hopeful, Al wasn't as well connected as Andrew, and seeing how the US has pursued it, I hope the UK does better.
But at least he's been arrested for something
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Finally! An arrest!
Meanwhile in america: {crickets, followed by a tumbleweed blowing across a sand covered road}
And that's after the obese orange child rapist was best friends with Epstein for decades, and has been mentioned many thousands of times, with thousands of pictures, and numerous sexual accusations all in the Epstein files.
The fat cunt could shoot a baby live on TV and no fucker would do a thing about it.
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over the alleged sharing of confidential material by the former prince with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
Really? Not because he's a sex offender himself maybe? I'm happy to see an arrest, but fucking really!?
That was probably the best angle to start an in-depth investigation into his dealings with Epstein. Evidence that comes to light during that investigation can still be used for additional charges.
They got Capone on tax evasion, etc.
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Because even in the Epstein files most people aren't saying "ay Jeff, cheers for the fifteen year-old lasses we all shagged, see you next time," but they are saying "here are the minutes of the cabinet meeting/this is what the prime minister thinks about regulating your company/this is the most he's willing to give you a tax break for" in emails because that stuff had to be communicated somehow.
We can all see that Andrew probably committed some sex crimes. But being a suspicious creepy fucker, being accused, and having a photo of you crouching over a girl would not be enough evidence to get you or me charged with a crime either. The counterweight to "nobody is above the law" is "nobody shall be convicted except on the evidence."
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I wonder if he's finally sweating now.
This should put enough pressure for Trump to be next, right my US American fiends?
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HOLY CRAP IT'S REAL.
I didn't believe it when I first saw it. FUCKING AWESOME.
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