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While Starmer fights for survival, Trump - for now - is home free. Why haven't the Epstein files touched him?
Mine with @iaindale.bsky.social on the UK's @lbc.co.uk
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/885913...
#Epstein #Trump #Maxwell #GhislaineMaxwell #news #midterms #Democrats #Congress #lbc #simonmarks
Mine with @iaindale.bsky.social on the UK's @lbc.co.uk
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/885913...
#Epstein #Trump #Maxwell #GhislaineMaxwell #news #midterms #Democrats #Congress #lbc #simonmarks
February 9, 2026 - Why haven't the Epstein files yet caught Trump in their gyre?
Simon's live chat with Iain Dale on the UK's LBC.
audioboom.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
While Starmer fights for survival, Trump - for now - is home free. Why haven't the Epstein files touched him?
Mine with @iaindale.bsky.social on the UK's @lbc.co.uk
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/885913...
#Epstein #Trump #Maxwell #GhislaineMaxwell #news #midterms #Democrats #Congress #lbc #simonmarks
Mine with @iaindale.bsky.social on the UK's @lbc.co.uk
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/885913...
#Epstein #Trump #Maxwell #GhislaineMaxwell #news #midterms #Democrats #Congress #lbc #simonmarks
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As Trump uses lawsuits to scare critics, a listener wonders why we don’t sue him back?
February 9, 2026 at 2:53 PM
As Trump uses lawsuits to scare critics, a listener wonders why we don’t sue him back?
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NEW SUBSTACK: Two things can be true at once. Unless Starmer has misled anyone, it would be madness to resign over Mandelson. It's also true the way his strategy and the way he's done the job has led him, inevitably, to the moment he is in.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/it-isnt-ju...
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/it-isnt-ju...
It isn't just Starmer's weakness we're seeing, it's the Labour Party's
The Mandelson affair is a fit of madness, the latest of many
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
NEW SUBSTACK: Two things can be true at once. Unless Starmer has misled anyone, it would be madness to resign over Mandelson. It's also true the way his strategy and the way he's done the job has led him, inevitably, to the moment he is in.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/it-isnt-ju...
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/it-isnt-ju...
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A 1935 Sinclair Lewis political novel has a title almost identical to this.
February 9, 2026 at 1:11 PM
A 1935 Sinclair Lewis political novel has a title almost identical to this.
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Perhaps I’m old-fashioned but an actual resignation has always struck me as a much more courageous vote of no confidence than a mere call for one…
Hold on, this Anas Sarwar? Surely not.
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Perhaps I’m old-fashioned but an actual resignation has always struck me as a much more courageous vote of no confidence than a mere call for one…
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Last week, we voted to lift 450,000 children out of poverty and selected 500 schools to get free breakfast clubs.
That's the change we should be focused on, that's the change voters want, and it's only possible because Keir Starmer secured a five year mandate.
He must see it through.
That's the change we should be focused on, that's the change voters want, and it's only possible because Keir Starmer secured a five year mandate.
He must see it through.
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Last week, we voted to lift 450,000 children out of poverty and selected 500 schools to get free breakfast clubs.
That's the change we should be focused on, that's the change voters want, and it's only possible because Keir Starmer secured a five year mandate.
He must see it through.
That's the change we should be focused on, that's the change voters want, and it's only possible because Keir Starmer secured a five year mandate.
He must see it through.
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When he was a Tory politician (you remember, just after he was binned as a Labour one) female colleagues were free to express their disgust at his blatant misogyny. “Lee is an odious sexist,” was Anna Soubry’s irrefutable conclusion. I wonder what his current colleagues will have to say…
Jeremy Kyle is interviewing Reform MPs at a live press conference
Discussing who might take over from Keir Starmer as PM, Kyle just said: "She's had a makeover, Angela"
Lee Anderson: "She's throwing her money away, isn't she, to be honest with you"
*applause from the audience*
Discussing who might take over from Keir Starmer as PM, Kyle just said: "She's had a makeover, Angela"
Lee Anderson: "She's throwing her money away, isn't she, to be honest with you"
*applause from the audience*
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
When he was a Tory politician (you remember, just after he was binned as a Labour one) female colleagues were free to express their disgust at his blatant misogyny. “Lee is an odious sexist,” was Anna Soubry’s irrefutable conclusion. I wonder what his current colleagues will have to say…
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EXC: Nigel Farage has been accused of having no solution to Britain's problems by his own candidate. Matt Goodwin repeatedly attacked the Farage in historic posts, as well as the Reform party as a whole
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Farage accused of having no answer to UK's problems by his own candidate
In posts from just last year, Matt Goodwin, the Reform UK candidate, claimed if Mr Farage became Prime Minister support for him would 'collapse quickly' due to him being 'fairly divisiv...
www.mirror.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
EXC: Nigel Farage has been accused of having no solution to Britain's problems by his own candidate. Matt Goodwin repeatedly attacked the Farage in historic posts, as well as the Reform party as a whole
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Anne Frank stuff, all of this. Link to the full ProPublica piece is here:
www.propublica.org/article/life...
America, 2026
www.propublica.org/article/life...
America, 2026
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Anne Frank stuff, all of this. Link to the full ProPublica piece is here:
www.propublica.org/article/life...
America, 2026
www.propublica.org/article/life...
America, 2026
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crazy that it’s the UK Labor party that is taking the hit from the Epstein files — not the Epstein-aligned administration in the US — on the contrary, Epstein revelations are a win for the White House's Epstein-alums who back the UK right
Looking increasingly hard for Starmer to survive.
Scottish Labour leader expected to call for Starmer to step down as pressure mounts on PM
Anas Sarwar's intervention, expected in a news conference this afternoon, comes after Starmer's director of communications and chief of staff both quit.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
crazy that it’s the UK Labor party that is taking the hit from the Epstein files — not the Epstein-aligned administration in the US — on the contrary, Epstein revelations are a win for the White House's Epstein-alums who back the UK right
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Ghislaine Maxwell takes the Fifth. Mine for LBC News with @johnstratford.bsky.social
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/885903...
#epstein #ghislaine #trump #clintons #uspolitics #news #lbc #simonmarks #congress #midterms
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/885903...
#epstein #ghislaine #trump #clintons #uspolitics #news #lbc #simonmarks #congress #midterms
February 9, 2026 - Ghislaine Maxwell pleads 5th Amendment in appearance before House Oversight Committee
Simon's live update for LBC News with drivetime presenter John Stratford.
audioboom.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell takes the Fifth. Mine for LBC News with @johnstratford.bsky.social
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/885903...
#epstein #ghislaine #trump #clintons #uspolitics #news #lbc #simonmarks #congress #midterms
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#epstein #ghislaine #trump #clintons #uspolitics #news #lbc #simonmarks #congress #midterms
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"There are lots of MPs who are 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 with Starmer, deeply frustrated by the performance of his government - and who also think this is 𝘯𝘰𝘵 the issue over which he should resign."
Will Keir Starmer survive the week?
@maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
Will Keir Starmer survive the week?
@maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"There are lots of MPs who are 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 with Starmer, deeply frustrated by the performance of his government - and who also think this is 𝘯𝘰𝘵 the issue over which he should resign."
Will Keir Starmer survive the week?
@maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
Will Keir Starmer survive the week?
@maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
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"The King is trying to deal with Andrew now, because he's got no choice," says Lewis Goodall
"It's taboo to discuss the late Queen's role in all of this, but I think she's got a lot to answer for, and there should be a reappraisal of her latter years"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
"It's taboo to discuss the late Queen's role in all of this, but I think she's got a lot to answer for, and there should be a reappraisal of her latter years"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
The Epstein Files: How new Andrew revelations are affecting the Royal Family | The News Agents
New details from the Epstein Files appear to show Andrew Mountbatten Windsor shared confidential UK information while serving as its trade envoy. What impact is this new information having on the…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
"The King is trying to deal with Andrew now, because he's got no choice," says Lewis Goodall
"It's taboo to discuss the late Queen's role in all of this, but I think she's got a lot to answer for, and there should be a reappraisal of her latter years"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
"It's taboo to discuss the late Queen's role in all of this, but I think she's got a lot to answer for, and there should be a reappraisal of her latter years"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
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"Donald Trump is not a big fan of foreigners, we know that by now."
@maitlis.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com react to Trump calling Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance - sung entirely in Spanish - "an affront to the greatness of America".
@maitlis.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com react to Trump calling Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance - sung entirely in Spanish - "an affront to the greatness of America".
February 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
"Donald Trump is not a big fan of foreigners, we know that by now."
@maitlis.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com react to Trump calling Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance - sung entirely in Spanish - "an affront to the greatness of America".
@maitlis.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com react to Trump calling Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance - sung entirely in Spanish - "an affront to the greatness of America".
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OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥
February 7, 2026 at 4:23 AM
OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥
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Why Nigel Farage’s reaction to the Epstein and Mandelson scandal has been deeply hypocritical, and how his own connections to the story are much closer than he now admits
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage’s Epstein Hypocrisy
The Reform leader's own connections to the Jeffrey Epstein story are far deeper than he now pretends
www.adambienkov.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Why Nigel Farage’s reaction to the Epstein and Mandelson scandal has been deeply hypocritical, and how his own connections to the story are much closer than he now admits
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
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"The figure was Andrew. The photo was real. Maxwell knew it, but let those in power deny it."
"By denying it, she denied the story Virginia Giuffre tried to tell us."
@maitlis.bsky.social on the story behind 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 photo & why what was so obvious at the time now appears to be confirmed.
"By denying it, she denied the story Virginia Giuffre tried to tell us."
@maitlis.bsky.social on the story behind 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 photo & why what was so obvious at the time now appears to be confirmed.
February 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
"The figure was Andrew. The photo was real. Maxwell knew it, but let those in power deny it."
"By denying it, she denied the story Virginia Giuffre tried to tell us."
@maitlis.bsky.social on the story behind 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 photo & why what was so obvious at the time now appears to be confirmed.
"By denying it, she denied the story Virginia Giuffre tried to tell us."
@maitlis.bsky.social on the story behind 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 photo & why what was so obvious at the time now appears to be confirmed.
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"We were talking to professionals, no one thought it was a fake," says Emily Maitlis, as Andrew photo is seemingly confirmed genuine.
"In denying that the photograph was real, they were rubbishing her. They were rubbishing the victim"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/emil...
"In denying that the photograph was real, they were rubbishing her. They were rubbishing the victim"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/emil...
Emily Maitlis reflects on 2019 Andrew interview as infamous photo is confirmed real | The News Agents
Emily Maitlis looks back on her 2019 Newsnight interview with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, with the photo of the former Prince with Virginia Giuffre – which he said was a fake – now having seemingly…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 7:30 AM
"We were talking to professionals, no one thought it was a fake," says Emily Maitlis, as Andrew photo is seemingly confirmed genuine.
"In denying that the photograph was real, they were rubbishing her. They were rubbishing the victim"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/emil...
"In denying that the photograph was real, they were rubbishing her. They were rubbishing the victim"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/emil...
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As an ex radio producer, I’m addicted to it. So this is a must listen part for me, absolutely every week.
However, this week was to me is so disturbing for so many reasons.
I loved my times in the States, but I’m shaking my head here. Pls listen @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social @tomswarbrick.bsky.social
However, this week was to me is so disturbing for so many reasons.
I loved my times in the States, but I’m shaking my head here. Pls listen @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social @tomswarbrick.bsky.social
My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk.
This week:
Trump threatens to rig the midterms
Epstein documents cause fresh fury for victims
U.S. can't even enjoy a Super Bowl halftime show any more
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/885826...
#Trump #Epstein #BadBunny
This week:
Trump threatens to rig the midterms
Epstein documents cause fresh fury for victims
U.S. can't even enjoy a Super Bowl halftime show any more
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/885826...
#Trump #Epstein #BadBunny
February 6, 2026 - "American Week": Trump indicates he plans to rig the midterm elections, or reject their outcome
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for Tom Swarbrick's programme on the UK's LBC.
audioboom.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM
As an ex radio producer, I’m addicted to it. So this is a must listen part for me, absolutely every week.
However, this week was to me is so disturbing for so many reasons.
I loved my times in the States, but I’m shaking my head here. Pls listen @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social @tomswarbrick.bsky.social
However, this week was to me is so disturbing for so many reasons.
I loved my times in the States, but I’m shaking my head here. Pls listen @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social @tomswarbrick.bsky.social
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Mine on today's appalling Trump social media post depicting the Obamas as primates in a jungle. For South Africa's Newzroom Afrika TV with Nhlanhla Sehume anchoring. (Courtesy: DStv405)
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/885831...
#trump #racism #newzroomafrika #socialmedia #obamas #uspolitics #midterms
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/885831...
#trump #racism #newzroomafrika #socialmedia #obamas #uspolitics #midterms
February 6, 2026 - After furious reaction, Trump belatedly removes racist video of Obamas from his social media account
Simon's live update on President Trump's reposting of a video depicting the Obamas as primates in a jungle. For South Africa's Newzroom Afrika TV. Courtesy DStv 405
audioboom.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Mine on today's appalling Trump social media post depicting the Obamas as primates in a jungle. For South Africa's Newzroom Afrika TV with Nhlanhla Sehume anchoring. (Courtesy: DStv405)
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/885831...
#trump #racism #newzroomafrika #socialmedia #obamas #uspolitics #midterms
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/885831...
#trump #racism #newzroomafrika #socialmedia #obamas #uspolitics #midterms
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U.S. Seeks to Expedite Deportation of 5-Year-Old Liam Conejo Ramos
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Third version of the story since my bacon and eggs.
NEW STORY: Trump admits he was the one who found the video and asked that it be posted from his Truth Social account. Refuses to apologize.
February 7, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Third version of the story since my bacon and eggs.
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Reporter: You frequently criticized Biden for not knowing what was going on in his name, this racist video that was posted on your social media—
Trump: You don’t know what’s going on. I know what’s going on. We know everything.
Trump: You don’t know what’s going on. I know what’s going on. We know everything.
February 7, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Reporter: You frequently criticized Biden for not knowing what was going on in his name, this racist video that was posted on your social media—
Trump: You don’t know what’s going on. I know what’s going on. We know everything.
Trump: You don’t know what’s going on. I know what’s going on. We know everything.
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A lot of racists in UK media & politics are currently limbering up to hold Donald Trump to an infinitely lower moral standard than they did Gary Lineker.
Starting with Farage, inevitably…
Starting with Farage, inevitably…
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
A lot of racists in UK media & politics are currently limbering up to hold Donald Trump to an infinitely lower moral standard than they did Gary Lineker.
Starting with Farage, inevitably…
Starting with Farage, inevitably…