Veteran politician Peter Mandelson has come under scrutiny over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Britain’s ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, was fired Thursday after new revelations about his association with Jeffrey Epstein were revealed.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer asked his foreign ministry to withdraw Mandelson, saying that newly released emails show that the extent of his relationship with the late convicted sex offender was greater than previously known.

Mandelson, a veteran Labour Party politician who was key to its success under former leader Tony Blair, has come under scrutiny over his relationship with Epstein after a birthday book was released including a letter purportedly from the now ambassador describing Epstein as “my best pal.”

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    a man known for arranging situations with underage girls doesn’t quite match up.

    It seems a major part of Epstein’s goal was to catch powerful people in compromising situations with children to give him blackmail and leverage to keep his rape island open and a steady flow of children coming in.
    Someone like Epstein probably would have kept a smaller number of young boys on the island for people who wanted them.
    It wouldn’t surprise me in the least if there were information like that but it just hasn’t surfaced yet.

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      I read a detailed anonymous account by someone who claimed to have worked for Epstein as a lowest-level goon and there were absolutely boys “available” on the island. He also mentions how one of his (male) coworkers got raped by one of the clients and everyone just accepted it as normal.

      It might’ve been complete fiction given that it was anonymous but a lot of the details felt very… poignant, gritty, stupid little things that only someone really in that position would know.

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        I wonder how many of those workers end up dead after their contract. I wouldn’t let normal everyday folks walk around with knowledge of my rape island.

        Also, out of curiosity, link?