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@Steven_Swinford
BREAKING:

Sir Keir Starmer has now asked officials to draft legislation to remove Lord Mandelson's peerage

On Monday the government argued that legislation was too complex, highlighting the fact it does not have a majority in the Lords. It suggested the approach would be too complex

Starmer has now changed that position and is asking his officials to move 'at pace'. His spokesman said he is 'appalled' by the latest revelations

Silly he didn’t come straight out with it.

If Mandy has good sense he’ll resign from the Lords in advance of this.

If he's got any sense Mandelson will run away to Israel or Trumpistan. The man is a traitor.

Isn't his husband from Brazil?

It's all very Boys from Brazil.

Off Topic and one for @malcolmg

They've stolen Scottish water by pumping it south. Now they are stealing the wind power (as it won't be sunshine)

https://www.nationalgrid.com/next-step-eastern-green-link-4-preferred-cable-bidder-announced

One of my previous employers and the contract will be highly profitable so good for the employee pension fund.

Genuine question - when was Scottish water pumped south, and how?

It's a cybernat conspiracy theory they picked up from Iranian propaganda accounts. It's depressing how easily partisans on all sides have been willing to pick up and run with made-up nonsense propagated by Iranians/Russians/other disinformation operations.

@Steven_Swinford
Exclusive:

I'm told that Lord Mandelson used his private BT internet email address to correspond **directly** with the most senior people in government, including Gordon Brown

We initially thought he forwarded government emails to his BT internet account then passed them on to Epstein

In fact two senior government sources say he was corresponding with ministers and officials using his BT internet account. The messages went directly to his Blackberry, and he sent them straight on to Epstein

That email address is now defunct and the Cabinet Office has no was of retrieving the messages on it

It sounds like a pretty extraordinary security breach, with fundamental implications for government record-keeping

It inherently limits the extent of any investigation by the Cabinet Secretary

For example, the Cabinet Office has today told police that the emails in the Epstein cache show evidence that market-sensitive information being passed to Epstein.

But without the Epstein files, it would have no evidence of its own

@Steven_Swinford
Exclusive:

I'm told that Lord Mandelson used his private BT internet email address to correspond **directly** with the most senior people in government, including Gordon Brown

We initially thought he forwarded government emails to his BT internet account then passed them on to Epstein

In fact two senior government sources say he was corresponding with ministers and officials using his BT internet account. The messages went directly to his Blackberry, and he sent them straight on to Epstein

That email address is now defunct and the Cabinet Office has no was of retrieving the messages on it

It sounds like a pretty extraordinary security breach, with fundamental implications for government record-keeping

It inherently limits the extent of any investigation by the Cabinet Secretary

For example, the Cabinet Office has today told police that the emails in the Epstein cache show evidence that market-sensitive information being passed to Epstein.

But without the Epstein files, it would have no evidence of its own

Convenient.