Paul
@bitoclass.uk
SE Londoner, in Lewisham. Been here ages, enjoying the "2008 Twitter" vibes. Interests include: London, transport, politics, food, feminism, music, arts, culture, Manchester, the media. Hoping for Leveson 2
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Maybe it wasn't really an actual prime minister at all.
Dear Northern Ireland,
I think you need to investigate your former Prime Minister Sean Woodward for his relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. Your attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated.
I think you need to investigate your former Prime Minister Sean Woodward for his relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. Your attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated.
February 8, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Maybe it wasn't really an actual prime minister at all.
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800 words on newspaper economics in a era where no one will pulp a magazine
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM
800 words on newspaper economics in a era where no one will pulp a magazine
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We've tried chaos with everybody else, it's now time to try the original and best
February 6, 2026 at 9:36 PM
We've tried chaos with everybody else, it's now time to try the original and best
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Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
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I wrote about how the women Epstein and co victimized have been minimized and ignored as individuals even in popular discourse about the very abuse they endured—and how the legal system has punished them and other women, not helped them, for daring to come forward.
spitfirenews.com/p/even-the-m...
spitfirenews.com/p/even-the-m...
Even the most famous victims are silenced
From the Epstein files to Amber Heard, we obsess over victims while denying their own right to speak.
spitfirenews.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I wrote about how the women Epstein and co victimized have been minimized and ignored as individuals even in popular discourse about the very abuse they endured—and how the legal system has punished them and other women, not helped them, for daring to come forward.
spitfirenews.com/p/even-the-m...
spitfirenews.com/p/even-the-m...
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Ipso have today circulated a memo from Peter Mandelson saying he wants no further contact via phone, email or in person; he does provide a contact.
Journalists "must not persist in questioning him once asked to desist, unless justified in the public interest"
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
Journalists "must not persist in questioning him once asked to desist, unless justified in the public interest"
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news…
www.thenational.scot
February 6, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Ipso have today circulated a memo from Peter Mandelson saying he wants no further contact via phone, email or in person; he does provide a contact.
Journalists "must not persist in questioning him once asked to desist, unless justified in the public interest"
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
Journalists "must not persist in questioning him once asked to desist, unless justified in the public interest"
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
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Hot Take 2: if this is Mandelson's position, there is no reason for him not to issue a statement to this effect. If he has not issued a statement to this effect, the BBC's "understanding" of his actual position may be inaccurate. Stop letting people play this game.
February 4, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Hot Take 2: if this is Mandelson's position, there is no reason for him not to issue a statement to this effect. If he has not issued a statement to this effect, the BBC's "understanding" of his actual position may be inaccurate. Stop letting people play this game.
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Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?
February 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?
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Weirdly anonymous campaign site, domain registered via GoDaddy yesterday, and FAQs include this gem 🤔
February 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Weirdly anonymous campaign site, domain registered via GoDaddy yesterday, and FAQs include this gem 🤔
It is certainly weird that the guy posted this obviously fake photo and the Guardian is just like "The athlete urinated the message"
Can we talk about how obviously it is not actually a real image? Men famously don't have that close control of their pee stream.
10/10. No notes.
"Team GB skier Gus Kenworthy has launched a blistering attack on US Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers by urinating the words “F*ck Ice” on the snow just before the start of the Winter Olympics."
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
"Team GB skier Gus Kenworthy has launched a blistering attack on US Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers by urinating the words “F*ck Ice” on the snow just before the start of the Winter Olympics."
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
February 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
It is certainly weird that the guy posted this obviously fake photo and the Guardian is just like "The athlete urinated the message"
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Everytime I can remember a PM changing in the middle of a parliamentary term people have tried to make a claim like this and it has arguably only actually happened the one time the PM in question literally started booting MPs out of his party when he didn't even have a majority.
Could someone explain to these people that this is not how it works, even more so when you have a 160 seat majority, and only Reform voting headbangers seriously believe it does?
February 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Everytime I can remember a PM changing in the middle of a parliamentary term people have tried to make a claim like this and it has arguably only actually happened the one time the PM in question literally started booting MPs out of his party when he didn't even have a majority.
I assume I'm very late to this, but if you haven't seen it (and can face yet another way to despair at the contents of the Epstein files), Jmail (and jMessage, and Photos and so on) is an incredible bit of programming and data processing – I can barely comprehend building it: jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as [email protected]
You are logged into [email protected], Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
www.jmail.world
February 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I assume I'm very late to this, but if you haven't seen it (and can face yet another way to despair at the contents of the Epstein files), Jmail (and jMessage, and Photos and so on) is an incredible bit of programming and data processing – I can barely comprehend building it: jmail.world
Isn't it ironic, don't you think? 100,000 documents saying "Sure, go ahead and employ this guy" when all you need is a photo of him in his underpants with a paedophile
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Isn't it ironic, don't you think? 100,000 documents saying "Sure, go ahead and employ this guy" when all you need is a photo of him in his underpants with a paedophile
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Met Police say they’re searching addresses in Camden and Wiltshire “related to an ongoing investigation into misconduct in public office offences, involving a 72-year-old man”.
No arrests made and investigations ongoing, they say
No arrests made and investigations ongoing, they say
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Met Police say they’re searching addresses in Camden and Wiltshire “related to an ongoing investigation into misconduct in public office offences, involving a 72-year-old man”.
No arrests made and investigations ongoing, they say
No arrests made and investigations ongoing, they say
I hope the abyss in @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter becomes a returning character
February 6, 2026 at 11:20 AM
I hope the abyss in @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter becomes a returning character
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If Mandelson really told Starmer he barely knew Epstein, that was an epic whopper of a lie.
Here's Mandelson to Epstein in 2009: "You are the only person who knows everything about me. Don't go away".
Their relationship only got closer after 2009.
Here's Mandelson to Epstein in 2009: "You are the only person who knows everything about me. Don't go away".
Their relationship only got closer after 2009.
February 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
If Mandelson really told Starmer he barely knew Epstein, that was an epic whopper of a lie.
Here's Mandelson to Epstein in 2009: "You are the only person who knows everything about me. Don't go away".
Their relationship only got closer after 2009.
Here's Mandelson to Epstein in 2009: "You are the only person who knows everything about me. Don't go away".
Their relationship only got closer after 2009.
Some good journalistic self-reflection here, even an admission of a mistake
Have written about a week where the hypocrisy of much of the media was laid bare (and address mine).
I also write about the truth Starmer cannot say: he appointed Mandelson to the court of Trump not in spite of the Epstein connection but in a sense, because of it. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
I also write about the truth Starmer cannot say: he appointed Mandelson to the court of Trump not in spite of the Epstein connection but in a sense, because of it. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
What Starmer cannot say
The hypocrisy, in so many directions, the Epstein files reveal of the Westminster and the media class
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Some good journalistic self-reflection here, even an admission of a mistake
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The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring
![To:
Jeffrey Epstein[jeevacation@gmail.com]
From:
Sent:
Wed 7/15/2009 1:56:13 AM
Subject:
Re: florida visit?
good typing!
oh well, looks like it's a long flight anyhow... edmonton is so far away from EVERYTHING.
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com>
wrote:
i am tied up until aug
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:41 PM,
wrote:
You planted a seed with your invite today. I have next Wed thru Sunday off (July 22-26), my last vacation for months.
I was going to take polo lessons in Calgary but I (DON'T) think my body can handle it! I pull a muscle every time, and I'm starting to realize my budding polo career might have to take a back seat to my actual job.
think
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February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring
I can certainly think of at least one premiership since the Mandelson leaking one which would surely have had a lax attitude to confidentiality and security that would've gone all the way to the top. Such a pity that guy's old phone strangely couldn't be unlocked though so I guess we'll never know
..would we ever have known that was going on if Epstein had not drawn attention for other reasons? Where is the blind spot in security & how do we know it wasn’t happening with other people too?
February 5, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I can certainly think of at least one premiership since the Mandelson leaking one which would surely have had a lax attitude to confidentiality and security that would've gone all the way to the top. Such a pity that guy's old phone strangely couldn't be unlocked though so I guess we'll never know
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My therapist just told me to limit my social media activity. I guess what I'm trying to say is, does anyone know a good therapist?
February 5, 2026 at 8:18 PM
My therapist just told me to limit my social media activity. I guess what I'm trying to say is, does anyone know a good therapist?
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The recent UK government decision to hold an independent review into foreign interference is very welcome. It needs to be thorough, quick, and to lead to meaningful actions to address the problem, three areas that these kinds of inquiry often struggle with. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Minister orders probe into foreign financial interference in UK politics
Communities secretary says the country must learn lessons from the Nathan Gill bribery case.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The recent UK government decision to hold an independent review into foreign interference is very welcome. It needs to be thorough, quick, and to lead to meaningful actions to address the problem, three areas that these kinds of inquiry often struggle with. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It's not just the women and girls we know of. It's all their future work, and everything they could have been, and how we build structures that shelter their abusers. It's how a man's future has always been worth more than my past, present, and future combined.
February 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
It's not just the women and girls we know of. It's all their future work, and everything they could have been, and how we build structures that shelter their abusers. It's how a man's future has always been worth more than my past, present, and future combined.
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Interesting to me how many people who clearly felt unable to say this out loud now understand that they have license to do so. Welcome, but I must ask, why exactly was it not acceptable to discuss this kind of thing prior to this week?
I was once hand-waved away by Mandelson at a drinks reception after he interrupted a conversation I was having with an MP. Honestly, never been so happy to be excused 😀
Since I see hacks are doing their self-serving recollections of Mandelson so here's mine: I was made very aware that he regarded me as below the salt. Our only meaningful interaction ended with him saying "off you pop". So Peter, off you pop.
February 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Interesting to me how many people who clearly felt unable to say this out loud now understand that they have license to do so. Welcome, but I must ask, why exactly was it not acceptable to discuss this kind of thing prior to this week?
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A year to the day since Mandelson told the FT that their questions about Epstein were "an FT obsession and frankly you can all fuck off."
I wonder if the paper sent him a card, @pickardje.bsky.social?
I wonder if the paper sent him a card, @pickardje.bsky.social?
February 5, 2026 at 11:52 AM
A year to the day since Mandelson told the FT that their questions about Epstein were "an FT obsession and frankly you can all fuck off."
I wonder if the paper sent him a card, @pickardje.bsky.social?
I wonder if the paper sent him a card, @pickardje.bsky.social?
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I occasionally think about how the Guardian revealed Mandelson’s firm was brokering access to the Kremlin a few years ago, and then it was never mentioned again, presumably because whom amongst us should judge that a certified good boy does not deserve sanctions-busting financial treats
EXCLUSIVE:
Peter Mandelson sought advice from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up his advisory firm, Global Counsel, including how to target potential new clients such as the Chinese government.
www.ft.com/content/13d2...
Peter Mandelson sought advice from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up his advisory firm, Global Counsel, including how to target potential new clients such as the Chinese government.
www.ft.com/content/13d2...
Peter Mandelson sought help from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up advisory firm
Emails from 2010 show former UK minister asking child sex offender how to win political and corporate clients
www.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I occasionally think about how the Guardian revealed Mandelson’s firm was brokering access to the Kremlin a few years ago, and then it was never mentioned again, presumably because whom amongst us should judge that a certified good boy does not deserve sanctions-busting financial treats