1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,919 Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:08,800 Epstein Chronicles. Ladies and gentlemen gather around because apparently we've 3 00:00:08,839 --> 00:00:12,160 reached the part of the program where Peter Mandelsshn, Yes, 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:17,039 that Peter Mandelssohn, the political snake charmer turned ambassador, has 5 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:20,960 decided to audition for the world's most gullible men. This 6 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:23,480 is the guy who spent decades being called the Prince 7 00:00:23,519 --> 00:00:27,199 of Darkness, the Machavelian grandmaster who could pull strings from 8 00:00:27,199 --> 00:00:32,479 the shadows. Yet somehow, miraculously he got outwitted by Jeffrey Epstein, 9 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,960 a predator so blatant he might as well have walked 10 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:39,039 around with the neon sign flashing sex offender on board. 11 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,719 And what's the damning artifact that finally ripped the curtain down? 12 00:00:44,119 --> 00:00:48,079 A birthday note, a handwritten gem of eternal cringe where 13 00:00:48,119 --> 00:00:52,280 Mandelssyn calls him his best palell, not acquaintance, not occasional contact, 14 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,920 not even the politician's favorite dodge, someone I once brushed 15 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,719 shoulders with. Nope, he went full on summer camp counselor 16 00:00:59,759 --> 00:01:02,759 mode and wrote best Pale like Epstein was the guy 17 00:01:02,799 --> 00:01:05,239 he shared a bunk bed with at sleep away camp, 18 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,799 sneaking marshmallows after the lights went out. We're talking Lisa 19 00:01:08,799 --> 00:01:12,319 Frank stationary level fawning, complete with the kind of language 20 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,239 you'd expect from a middle schooler signing their best friend's 21 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,799 yearbook in glitterpen. I half expect a note to end 22 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:23,319 with BFF Forever and a couple of dudled hearts. Imagine 23 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,480 the scene. A man who was once at the pinnacle 24 00:01:25,519 --> 00:01:29,280 of British politics, with access to prime ministers and billionaires, 25 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,760 sitting there deciding the best way to commemorate Jeffrey Epstein's 26 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,840 birthday was to write down something that reads like the 27 00:01:35,879 --> 00:01:39,920 liner notes of a teenage diary. Well, that was Mandelssohn's 28 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:44,200 actual instinct, and now, years later, in his very dignified 29 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,079 role as the UK ambassador to the United States, a 30 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,200 job that's supposed to project gravitas statesmanship and the ability 31 00:01:51,239 --> 00:01:54,879 to not fall for obvious grifters, he's forced to shuffle 32 00:01:54,959 --> 00:01:57,400 up to the podium and say, I regret it. I 33 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:01,280 was misled as if Epstein was some understood figure who 34 00:02:01,359 --> 00:02:04,760 had everyone tricked, when in reality, his rap sheet was 35 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,719 public knowledge, his reputation was radioactive, and his island was 36 00:02:08,719 --> 00:02:12,199 basically shorthand for don't go there if you value your career. 37 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,759 But Peter, oh no, Peter thought he was just a 38 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:20,560 misunderstood best pal. And we can't overlook how unintentionally hilarious 39 00:02:20,599 --> 00:02:23,800 that phrase is. Best pal. The kind of thing you'd 40 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,039 write in a third grader is autograph book, not a 41 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,680 note to a man already convicted of sex crimes. At 42 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,759 least Clinton kept a vague Gates went with the whole 43 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:37,520 awkward business association. Dershwitz wrapped himself in legal eese, but 44 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,879 Mandelssohn he just leaned straight into the cringe, elevating Epstein 45 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:46,639 from contact to confidant, from your connection to bosombody. Honestly, 46 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,000 it reads less like a birthday greeting and more like 47 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,120 a Hallmark card titled Friendship Is Forever even if You're 48 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,240 a felon. And now the UK in the world is 49 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,599 supposed to buy the line that he's sorry, that he 50 00:02:58,719 --> 00:03:02,280 regrets it, that Epstein somehow misled him as oh mandelssh 51 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:07,039 this razor sharp backroom deal veteran of British politics suddenly 52 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,840 turned into a wide eyed rube at the mere site 53 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,400 of Epstein's wealth. The same guy who could smell political 54 00:03:13,479 --> 00:03:16,000 blood in the water from ten miles away. Wants us 55 00:03:16,039 --> 00:03:18,360 to believe he couldn't spot a predator standing right in 56 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,800 front of him. Sure, Peter, Sure, but the cherry on 57 00:03:22,879 --> 00:03:26,599 top the Prime Minister himself, Kira Starmer, standing right there 58 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,599 in his corner, nodding along like just another little hiccup. 59 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:34,520 He regrets it, he's apologized. Let's move on. Really, this 60 00:03:34,599 --> 00:03:37,439 isn't some minor faux paw, like using the wrong fork 61 00:03:37,439 --> 00:03:41,159 at dinner. This is writing Bess Pal to Jeffrey Epstein. 62 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,400 It's a permanent stain, the kind of thing you just 63 00:03:44,439 --> 00:03:47,360 can't walk off, unless, of course, you've lived in a 64 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,800 gilded bubble of politics, where the rules are always different 65 00:03:51,159 --> 00:03:53,719 and a little note to a convicted predator is just 66 00:03:53,759 --> 00:03:58,400 another oops moment. So here's your opening scene. Peter Mandelsson, 67 00:03:58,639 --> 00:04:02,439 Ambassador of the United King, the international representative of his 68 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:06,759 nation's dignity, forever immortalized in Epstein's birthday book, with two 69 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,240 words that will haunt him until the end of time. 70 00:04:09,639 --> 00:04:13,479 Best Pal, A phrase so pathetic, so syrupy, and so 71 00:04:13,759 --> 00:04:18,959 perfectly Mandelssohn, it might as well be his political epitaph. 72 00:04:19,079 --> 00:04:23,959 So let's talk about it haha. Peter Mandelssohn, once known 73 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,199 as the Prince of darkness and British politics, now apparently 74 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:31,399 the patron saint of terrible judgment calls the man, just 75 00:04:31,439 --> 00:04:34,920 admitted that in Epstein's infamous birthday book, he called the 76 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:39,720 convicted pedophile his best pal. Not business contact, not social acquaintance, 77 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,199 not even the usual slimy I barely knew him. No 78 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,519 best pal, like Epstein, was his childhood bunk bit at 79 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,319 summer camp. And they carve their names into a tree together. 80 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,639 That's the hill that Mandelssynh chose to die on. And 81 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:58,120 now he shocked, shocked that it didn't age well. The 82 00:04:58,199 --> 00:05:01,360 sheer absurdity of his senior estates falling into the trap 83 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,600 of adolescent word choice is staggering. What next, Peter? Did 84 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,279 you pass them a folded note in class asking if 85 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:12,439 he liked you back circle yes or no? It's almost poetic. 86 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,319 The career operator, who spent decades slithering through the corridors 87 00:05:16,319 --> 00:05:20,399 of power, reinventing himself with every scandal, finally trips over 88 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,680 his own choice of words best pal, My god, Peter, 89 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,000 what were you thinking? You weren't signing a yearbook in 90 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,639 secondary school, you were writing a note to one of 91 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,399 the most notorious sex offenders of our time. Did the 92 00:05:34,439 --> 00:05:37,319 crayon break while you scribbled it out? Did you dot 93 00:05:37,319 --> 00:05:39,319 the eye with a heart? Did you slip a little 94 00:05:39,319 --> 00:05:42,480 smiley face? Maybe a doodle of two stick figures holding 95 00:05:42,519 --> 00:05:45,439 hands on a private jet. This is the kind of 96 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:49,720 sentimental nonsense you'd expect from a teenager in a sleepover diary, 97 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,920 not a man whose job was to broker deals, shape 98 00:05:52,959 --> 00:05:58,040 governments and supposedly exercised judgment on the world stage, And 99 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,680 now in his late career in carnation as UK ambassador 100 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,000 to the US, a role meant to project gravitas, diplomacy 101 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:08,240 and judgment, he's forced to stand in front of cameras 102 00:06:08,399 --> 00:06:12,920 and basically say sorry, folks, I got bamboozled by Jeffrey Epstein. 103 00:06:13,519 --> 00:06:16,439 Thought he was a solid bloke. Yes, the same Jeffrey 104 00:06:16,439 --> 00:06:19,720 Epstein who pled guilty to soliciting miners, who was a 105 00:06:19,759 --> 00:06:23,759 registered sex offender, who, by the time Mandelssohn was penning 106 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:27,879 that sugary little note was already radioactive in polite society. 107 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:32,000 But no, Peter thought he'd keep the friendship going. Loyalty 108 00:06:32,079 --> 00:06:36,279 after all, and let's be honest. Epstein wasn't just radioactive, 109 00:06:36,519 --> 00:06:40,120 he was glowing like chernobyl. It didn't take an intelligence 110 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:44,040 briefing to know that this man was toxic. Yet Mandelssyn 111 00:06:44,199 --> 00:06:47,680 pressed forward like a moth to the creepiest flame in 112 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,720 human history, and the excuse is classic. He was misled. 113 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:57,000 Epstein apparently was just that persuasive, a man so charismatic, 114 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:01,759 so beguiling, so full of childlike curiosity that season politicians 115 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:05,079 couldn't help but call him their bestie, because who amongst 116 00:07:05,199 --> 00:07:09,040 us hasn't accidentally maintained a close relationship with a convicted 117 00:07:09,079 --> 00:07:14,600 sex trafficker. Thinking he was just misunderstood, mandelssh now wants 118 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,959 us to buy the idea that he, one of the 119 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,319 most calculating political minds of his generation, was duped by 120 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:25,360 a financier whose entire reputation was built on throwing parties 121 00:07:25,399 --> 00:07:29,480 filled with underage girls. What's next, He's going to claim 122 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:33,000 that Bernie Madoff was just misunderstood too, a kindly banker 123 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,120 with a quirky sense of humor. And then comes Prime 124 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:40,600 Minister Kira Starmer, standing loyally behind him, proving that in politics, 125 00:07:40,639 --> 00:07:43,600 a real motto isn't doing the right thing. It circled 126 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:47,920 the wagons. Starmer's defense is essentially well, Peter regrets it, 127 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:52,040 so let's move on. Wonderful, a man entrusted to represent 128 00:07:52,079 --> 00:07:55,279 the UK abroad is caught CosIng up to a predator, 129 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,439 and the official line is he said sorry, leave him alone. 130 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,839 If only Epstein's survivors got that kind of understanding, if 131 00:08:02,839 --> 00:08:05,319 only the young women and girls caught in Epstein's orbit 132 00:08:05,439 --> 00:08:09,360 were afforded the luxury of regret and forgiveness. But no, 133 00:08:09,519 --> 00:08:12,680 the double standard is on full display, and once again 134 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,759 the club protects its own. It's not like Mandelshn is 135 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,639 new to the scandal. This is a man whose entire 136 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:23,519 career is a scrap book of eyebrow raising moments, dodgy loans, 137 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:28,319 eyebrow raising friendships, shady business ties. Epstein was just the 138 00:08:28,319 --> 00:08:32,559 most radioactive name in a long string of dubious associations. 139 00:08:33,159 --> 00:08:36,240 But calling him his best pal, that's the cherry on 140 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:40,120 top of the sleez ass Sunday. The man might as 141 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,399 well have sent Epstein a friendship bracelet woven with care, 142 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,039 a symbol of loyalty to a predator. Imagine explaining that 143 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,320 at a dinner party. Yes, that bracelet. Oh, Jeffrey gave 144 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,720 it to me, my best pal, lovely man. You'll picture 145 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:57,039 this scene. Epstein flips through his birthday book, passed the 146 00:08:57,039 --> 00:08:59,960 cards from Clinton and Trump, pass the notes from billionaire 147 00:09:00,159 --> 00:09:03,399 and royals, and there it is, best pal love Peter 148 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,399 did mandelssn add a doodle, a smiley face. Maybe he 149 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,120 threw in a ps Let's grab dinner at Ryland. Soon. 150 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,720 It's gross, but it's believable. One can almost see Epstein's 151 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:18,519 smirking as he read it, delighted that yet another soul 152 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,759 call respectable figure was willing to debase himself for the 153 00:09:21,799 --> 00:09:26,720 privilege of his company. Now Mandelsshn wasn't just a contact. 154 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,279 He was auditioning for teacher's favorite in Epstein's classroom. And 155 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:35,759 the regret, oh, the regret. Mandelssohn now insists that, of 156 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:40,679 course he wouldn't make the same mistake today he's older, wiser, chastened. 157 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,440 Funny how regret always shows up years later once the 158 00:09:44,519 --> 00:09:48,200 press starts digging through the receipts. You never hear these 159 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:52,720 guys express regret at any time they're hobnobbing with predators. 160 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,159 It's only when the headlines scream Epstein connection that the 161 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:00,279 soul searching begins. If Epstein's birthday book had never been 162 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,840 made public, do you think Mandelssohn would be wringing his 163 00:10:02,919 --> 00:10:06,600 hands now or would he be sipping champagne at embassy 164 00:10:06,639 --> 00:10:10,840 functions smiling at the memory of his best pal. Now, 165 00:10:10,919 --> 00:10:13,639 the public we're supposed to not along and think, well, 166 00:10:13,799 --> 00:10:17,600 we all make mistakes. Who among us has a misjudged 167 00:10:17,639 --> 00:10:21,759 a convicted pedophile. No, Peter, this wasn't some obscure figure. 168 00:10:22,039 --> 00:10:25,799 This wasn't a con artist who fooled everyone. Epstein's crimes 169 00:10:25,879 --> 00:10:29,120 were public record. The only thing you were misled about 170 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,600 was how much you thought you could get away with. 171 00:10:32,159 --> 00:10:36,279 And that's the real trick, isn't it. Mandelssohn didn't misjudge 172 00:10:36,279 --> 00:10:40,080 Epstein's character. He misjudged the public's tolerance for his sleeves. 173 00:10:40,799 --> 00:10:43,840 And Starmer's defense makes it even worse because when you 174 00:10:43,879 --> 00:10:47,000 brush off something like this, you're not just defending Mandelssohn. 175 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,360 You're sending a signal to the public that political elites 176 00:10:50,759 --> 00:10:53,320 can swim in the same SaaS pool over and over 177 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:57,279 and come out dry. A little handwave, a little lesson 178 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:02,799 learned and poof accountability of evaporates. We're talking about political 179 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,039 for breeze. Spray it around, pretend the stench is gone, 180 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:11,000 and hope nobody notices the rot underneath. Now it's also 181 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,559 painfully on brand for Mandelssohn, who's always been more comfortable 182 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,840 in the company of oligarchs, tycoons and jet setters than 183 00:11:17,919 --> 00:11:23,240 regular citizens. Epstein was exactly the type of guy, rich, connected, 184 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:26,840 dripping with influence. That Epstein was also a predator. Well, 185 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,279 that was just a footnote to Peter until now, And 186 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:34,519 even now it's framed as an unfortunate association rather than 187 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:38,480 a grotesque betrayal of judgment and ethics. The words are 188 00:11:38,519 --> 00:11:44,440 chosen carefully regret misled, mistake, never complicity, never enabling, and 189 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:48,720 certainly never accountability. The real kicker is how many times 190 00:11:48,799 --> 00:11:52,080 we've heard this same line from Epstein's rolodex. I regret 191 00:11:52,159 --> 00:11:55,279 it I was misled. It's the greatest hits of elite 192 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:59,799 damage control. Clinton Gates, Dershowitz, and al Mandelsson all victim 193 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:04,759 of Epstein's magical power of deception. If you weren't dead, 194 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,039 Epstein could have started a support group famous men who 195 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,039 claim they were fooled by me. They could have met weekly, 196 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,639 maybe at the four seasons, comparing notes on just how 197 00:12:14,759 --> 00:12:19,120 darn charming Jeffrey was. And yet Mandelsson's version almost comes 198 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:23,120 off more pathetic because, unlike Clinton or Gates, whose ties 199 00:12:23,279 --> 00:12:27,039 were more transactional, Peter went with the full on best palshtick. 200 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:32,320 That's friendship, affection, intimacy. He wasn't just hanging around Epstein 201 00:12:32,399 --> 00:12:36,080 for connections. He was basking in the glow of his companionship. 202 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:40,960 The cringe practically drips from it. It wasn't I met 203 00:12:41,039 --> 00:12:44,360 him once or I did some business. It was this guy, 204 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:48,279 this predator, he is my best pal. That level of 205 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:52,120 cynicism that even Mandelsson's worst critics couldn't have scripted better. 206 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:55,519 And now he wants us to believe it was all 207 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:59,840 just a misunderstanding, a youthful error in judgment, the product 208 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:03,759 of being misled at fifty years old, a veteran politician, 209 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:05,879 a man who could smell a backroom deal from a 210 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:11,320 mile away. But Epstein, Epstein, well just too wily, sure, Peter. Sure. 211 00:13:12,039 --> 00:13:15,279 If Epstein had been alive during the Trojan War, Mandelssohn 212 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,559 would have been the guy holding the door open, saying 213 00:13:17,639 --> 00:13:21,120 best pal Let's wheel in this lovely horse he gifted us. 214 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,200 So here we are watching Mandelssohn try to crawl out 215 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:30,200 from under this mess, while Starmer lends him a helping hand. Now, 216 00:13:30,279 --> 00:13:33,600 mandelssh spent his career mastering the dark arts of spin, 217 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,200 only to be filled by his own words in a 218 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:39,840 birthday book, best Pal, two words that will stick to 219 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:43,480 him forever, like gum on a shoe. And the worst part, 220 00:13:43,759 --> 00:13:47,320 he chose them himself. He wasn't set up, he wasn't framed. 221 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,399 He wrote them in his own hand, thinking it would 222 00:13:50,399 --> 00:13:53,480 be a nice touch. It's a gift to cynics everywhere, 223 00:13:53,759 --> 00:13:56,600 because if you ever needed proof that the political class 224 00:13:56,639 --> 00:14:00,879 operates in a different universe, here it is. Ambassador can 225 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:04,039 openly admit he once called Epstein his best pal. Shrug, 226 00:14:04,279 --> 00:14:07,639 say my bad and keep his job. Try calling your 227 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,480 boss's known predator friend your best pal, and see how 228 00:14:10,519 --> 00:14:14,000 long you stay employed. Spoiler, you'd be fired before you 229 00:14:14,039 --> 00:14:18,519 could finish your morning coffee. But for mandelssh Ah, little embarrassments, 230 00:14:18,519 --> 00:14:22,639 some headlines, then business as usual. But in the end 231 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:26,919 Mandelssohn will survive this as he always does. The outrage 232 00:14:26,919 --> 00:14:29,840 will burn bright for a week, Starmer will absorb the 233 00:14:29,879 --> 00:14:33,559 heat and the establishment will move on, because in politics, 234 00:14:33,559 --> 00:14:37,840 being wrong isn't the problem. It's being caught that's unforgivable. 235 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,720 And Peter Mandelsson, the Prince of Darkness, just got caught 236 00:14:41,759 --> 00:14:45,000 with his best pal again, and they'll smirk his way 237 00:14:45,039 --> 00:14:48,279 through it as he always has, as if nothing more 238 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,480 than a gaff had occurred. And so his legacy is 239 00:14:51,519 --> 00:14:54,799 sealed not as a master strategist, not as a brilliant 240 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,960 political mind, but as the guy who thought Jeffrey Epstein 241 00:14:58,039 --> 00:15:01,200 was a top tier friend, a best pal, a note 242 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:05,440 so cringeworthy it should be chiseled into his gravestone. Here 243 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:09,879 lies Peter Mandelssohn, best pal of Jeffrey Epstein. Now wouldn't 244 00:15:09,879 --> 00:15:12,600 that be fitting? Maybe someone can even etch a little 245 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,840 doodle of two stick figures holding hands under a palm tree, 246 00:15:16,919 --> 00:15:20,519 just to really capture the spirit of the thing. All 247 00:15:20,559 --> 00:15:23,440 of the information that goes with this episode can be 248 00:15:23,519 --> 00:15:27,200 found in the description box. What's up, everyone, and welcome 249 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:31,200 to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, 250 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,320 we're going to talk about Peter Mandelssh and him being 251 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:39,879 fired over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Picture this the 252 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,960 United Kingdom, land of the stiff upper lips, powdered wigs 253 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,960 and pompous tradition, has just asked its very own ambassador 254 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,840 to the United States, and not for the usual sins 255 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:55,159 of diplomatic life. No, Peter Mandelsson wasn't felled because he 256 00:15:55,279 --> 00:15:58,879 botched a trade deal or insulted a senator over cocktails, 257 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,879 or embarrass hims off at a state dinner by mistaking 258 00:16:01,919 --> 00:16:05,440 the salad fork for the dessert spoon. He was taken 259 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:09,519 down for something much more deliciously absurd, because he couldn't 260 00:16:09,519 --> 00:16:12,840 stop writing love notes to Jeffrey Epstein. Yeah, you heard 261 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,320 that correctly. Britain's top man in Washington was revealed to 262 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,039 be less a representative of his country and more of 263 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:22,039 a fawning penpal to one of the most notorious predators 264 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,600 of our time. And this wasn't just some old, dusty 265 00:16:25,679 --> 00:16:29,559 correspondence buried in archives. No, these were emails dripping with 266 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:32,559 the sort of embarrassing loyalty that would even make Epstein 267 00:16:32,639 --> 00:16:36,200 blush from beyond the grave. Mandelssohn didn't just suggest that 268 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:40,200 Epstein had been misunderstood. He didn't merely drop hints that 269 00:16:40,279 --> 00:16:43,519 perhaps the legal system had been a bit too harsh. 270 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:47,159 He went full throttle sickophant, declaring Epstein's two thousand and 271 00:16:47,159 --> 00:16:50,759 eight conviction wrongful, urging him to fight for early release, 272 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:54,080 and as if auditioning for the role of most gullible 273 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:57,159 friend and a bad after school special, he referred to 274 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:01,840 Epstein as his best pal, Yes, best pal, in writing 275 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:07,400 preserved for eternity, a monument to bad judgment. Let's pause here. 276 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:11,440 This was in some intern scribbling notes in crayon. This 277 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,559 was the UK's ambassador to the United States, a man 278 00:17:14,599 --> 00:17:18,240 supposedly chosen for his judgment, his restraint, his ability to 279 00:17:18,319 --> 00:17:23,960 navigate complex international relationships, and instead of projecting dignity and authority, 280 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:28,559 he was effectively sending Epstein a digital friendship Bracelet imagine 281 00:17:28,559 --> 00:17:32,119 Washington staffers scrolling through these revelations and realizing the man 282 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,920 across the table from them at high level meetings was 283 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,240 secretly gushing over Epstein like a teenager at a boy 284 00:17:38,279 --> 00:17:44,160 band concert. Best pal. Indeed, so now Mandelsson is gone, booted, ejected, 285 00:17:44,319 --> 00:17:47,599 shown the door by Prime Minister Kara Starmer with a 286 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:51,839 speed that can only be described as mercifully ruthless. Now 287 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:55,079 Starmer didn't hesitate. He didn't convene a long inquiry or 288 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,200 waste time with endless committees, because he knew the jig 289 00:17:58,279 --> 00:18:02,440 was up. He saw the emails. We saw the emails. 290 00:18:02,599 --> 00:18:04,920 We read the words best pal. He read the words 291 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:08,279 best pal, and he probably spit his earl gray across 292 00:18:08,279 --> 00:18:12,279 the cabinet table. Then, with all the ceremony of tossing 293 00:18:12,279 --> 00:18:15,000 out a bag of spoil fish, he fired mandelsshn on 294 00:18:15,079 --> 00:18:18,519 the spot. And that's the beauty of this scandal. It 295 00:18:18,559 --> 00:18:21,839 doesn't need spin, it doesn't need context, it doesn't need 296 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:26,559 endless explanation. It explains itself. If you write fan mail 297 00:18:26,759 --> 00:18:30,440 to Jeffrey Epstein, eventually those same emails are going to 298 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:34,440 write your obituary. Mandelsyn built a career on his reputation 299 00:18:34,559 --> 00:18:36,880 as a survivor, a man who could wriggle free of 300 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:40,079 any scandal, who could reinvent himself time and time again. 301 00:18:40,599 --> 00:18:44,759 But this time his words were so disgusting, so undeniable, 302 00:18:45,039 --> 00:18:49,119 too stupid to spin. His legacy, once padded with titles 303 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:52,720 and honors, is now a punchline. The ambassador who lost 304 00:18:52,759 --> 00:18:55,440 it all because he couldn't stop calling a convicted predator 305 00:18:55,799 --> 00:19:00,839 his best pal. Peter Mandelsh went from being one of 306 00:19:00,839 --> 00:19:04,400 the most skilled political survivors in Britain to Jeffrey Epstein's 307 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,200 unpaid fan club president in the blink of an eye. 308 00:19:07,519 --> 00:19:11,319 One minute, he's shaking hands in DC as the UK's ambassador. 309 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:15,279 The next minute the emails are revealed, and suddenly we're 310 00:19:15,279 --> 00:19:19,559 reading his embarrassingly cloying notes to a convicted predator. His 311 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:24,759 idea of statesmanship apparently wasn't securing Transatlantic deals or strengthening 312 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,799 Anglo American relations. It was defending Jeffrey Epstein's honor like 313 00:19:28,839 --> 00:19:31,319 some knight and shining armor for the court of perverts. 314 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,720 And really, what's more dignified than watching one of Britain's 315 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:38,759 most polished politicians implode because he couldn't stop writing love 316 00:19:38,839 --> 00:19:42,880 letters to the world's most infamous sex offender. Prime Minister 317 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:47,200 Kira Starmer, who probably thought appointing Mandelssinn was already pushing 318 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,359 the boundaries of credibility, must have opened those emails and 319 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,519 nearly spit out that tea. There's only so much you 320 00:19:53,559 --> 00:19:56,359 can spin before even the best pr minds throw up 321 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,319 their hands and say, nope, you're on your own, mate. 322 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,640 Mandelsshn wasn't just guilty of poor judgment. He was guilty 323 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,480 of being caught in the most humiliating way possible. Imagine 324 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,799 trying to walk into Congress as the UK's man in 325 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,279 Washington with your diplomatic briefcase in hand, while half the 326 00:20:13,319 --> 00:20:16,279 staffers are whispering. Isn't that the guy who called Jeffrey 327 00:20:16,319 --> 00:20:20,599 Epstein his best pal? Not exactly the image of gravitas 328 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:25,680 Britain wants to project overseas, and the emails themselves, jo, 329 00:20:25,839 --> 00:20:28,759 let's talk about how painful they are to read. These 330 00:20:28,759 --> 00:20:33,000 aren't guarded, careful exchanges where Mandelsyn might plausibly argue he 331 00:20:33,079 --> 00:20:36,039 was just being polite. No, these were full on fawning 332 00:20:36,079 --> 00:20:40,200 notes where he gushes about Epstein's wrongful conviction, urges him 333 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,920 to fight for early release, and refers to him as 334 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,240 his best pal. Who the fuck even uses the phrase 335 00:20:46,599 --> 00:20:50,720 best pal in professional correspondence, let alone when the recipient 336 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,640 is a convicted sex offender. It's like Mandelssh was trying 337 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,359 to channel a sad mix of middle school diary entry 338 00:20:57,599 --> 00:21:00,759 and courtroom character reference. You have to expect to see 339 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,920 hearts dotted over them eyes now referring to Epstein as 340 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,839 his best pal as comedy gold all by itself. It's 341 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:11,839 the kind of juvenile phrasing that belongs in text messages 342 00:21:12,039 --> 00:21:16,000 from middle schoolers, not an email from a senior statesman. 343 00:21:16,559 --> 00:21:20,759 Never change, Jeff, see you this summer, BFF forever. Except, 344 00:21:20,799 --> 00:21:24,400 of course, this wasn't about teenage melodrama. It was about 345 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,839 a man who ran one of the most infamous sex 346 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:31,599 trafficking operations in modern history. Mandelssyn could have chosen any 347 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:37,720 number of neutral diplomatic words associate, acquaintance, contact. Instead he 348 00:21:37,759 --> 00:21:41,839 went with best pal. Nothing screams professional judgment, like endorsing 349 00:21:41,839 --> 00:21:44,240 a predator as if he was your favorite golf buddy. 350 00:21:45,039 --> 00:21:48,599 And this wasn't just about warm words. Mandelson actively egged 351 00:21:48,599 --> 00:21:51,480 Epstein on, telling him to fight for early release, as 352 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,759 if the world was desperate to see him back on 353 00:21:53,839 --> 00:21:57,519 the cocktail circuit. Telly Ho, keep your chin up, old sport. 354 00:21:57,759 --> 00:22:01,000 I'm sure those meddlesome convictions will blow over in no time. 355 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:06,640 Mandelsshn transformed from ambassador to Epstein's unofficial PR consultant, except 356 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:10,599 he wasn't even getting paid for it. Starmer's decision to 357 00:22:10,599 --> 00:22:13,839 fire him wasn't an act of bull political courage. It 358 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,640 was the political equivalent of taking out the trash before 359 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,279 it starts to smell. Leaving Mandelssyhn in place would have 360 00:22:20,279 --> 00:22:24,240 been catastrophic, the sort of scandal that metastasizes and stains 361 00:22:24,279 --> 00:22:28,440 everything it touches. Keeping him would have been like saying, sure, 362 00:22:28,599 --> 00:22:32,240 we don't mind our ambassador praising convicted predators and writing 363 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:37,359 The only surprise is how quickly Starmer acted. Apparently this 364 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,920 one was such a political no brainer that the usual 365 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:44,680 committees and endless reports weren't even necessary. The speed of 366 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:48,440 Mandelssn's removal tells its own story. This wasn't one of 367 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,559 those long drawn out scandals where a politician clings to 368 00:22:51,599 --> 00:22:55,359 office by his fingernails, denying everything, buying time. This shit 369 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,480 right here was a guillotine job. The minute those emails surfaced, 370 00:22:59,519 --> 00:23:02,920 it was packed your things. You're done, No wiggle room, 371 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,680 no saving face. Starmer probably made the call before the 372 00:23:06,799 --> 00:23:09,759 King even finished his morning toast, And you have to 373 00:23:09,799 --> 00:23:13,240 think across the pond, there is a certain satisfaction in 374 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:17,200 watching someone who once fancied himself untouchable get cut down 375 00:23:17,279 --> 00:23:21,480 so swiftly. Of course, you'll hear Mandelsson's defenders trot out 376 00:23:21,519 --> 00:23:25,680 the tired old excuse everyone was fooled by Epstein. But 377 00:23:25,759 --> 00:23:29,599 let's get real. Writing that someone's conviction was wrongful isn't 378 00:23:29,599 --> 00:23:34,119 being fooled, it's choosing a side. This man wasn't naive. 379 00:23:34,839 --> 00:23:39,279 He was loyal to power and money over decency. Epstein 380 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,359 didn't need defenders, and certainly not from men in high office. 381 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,039 Yet Mandelson volunteered to be one, practically begging to be 382 00:23:46,079 --> 00:23:49,680 remembered as Epstein's rid die buddy. In fact, the entire 383 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:53,240 political class seemed to treat Epstein's crimes like some sort 384 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:58,119 of awkward full pod a dinner party, terribly unfortunate, oh boy, 385 00:23:58,319 --> 00:24:02,240 bad press all around. Chin up. Mandelssohn's emails just ripped 386 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,160 away the veil and exposed the disgusting truth that the 387 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:09,279 soul called elite thought that Epstein wasn't a predator but 388 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:13,839 just a misunderstood chum. And not only is that scandalous, 389 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:19,240 it's symptomatic of a broader sickness in political culture. As 390 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,759 I've said a million times before, Epstein wasn't the outlier, 391 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:27,319 he was the mirror. If Epstein's best pal, Mandelssohn, then 392 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,640 you have to wonder about the rest of his social circle. 393 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,279 Who were his good pals, the casual pals, the drinking pals. 394 00:24:34,279 --> 00:24:37,799 If this is the benchmark for friendship, then Mandelssoh's rolodex 395 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:41,079 must be a rogues gallery of the corrupt and compromised. 396 00:24:41,799 --> 00:24:44,359 And to think he was entrusted to be the UK's 397 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,799 face in Washington, shaking hands and smiling privately cheerleading for 398 00:24:48,839 --> 00:24:52,119 a sex offender. And we'd be remiss if we overlooked 399 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,839 the broader pattern. First it was Prince Andrew, now Mandelssohn. 400 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:59,640 At this rate, Buckingham Palace and Westminster might as well 401 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:04,880 start iseing Epstein themed resignation plaques. Congratulations, you're the latest 402 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:09,319 Epstein casualty. Britain has an uncanny knack for elevating men 403 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,279 who later get caught tripping over their ties to one 404 00:25:12,319 --> 00:25:16,160 of history's most radioactive figures. At this point, it's not 405 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:20,119 a fluke, it's a habit. Now, for Starmer, the calculus 406 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,720 was obvious. Either dump Mandelsson's dumbass and try to scrub 407 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,880 the stain clean, or keep them and send a message 408 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,759 to the world that Britain's government doesn't really care about 409 00:25:29,759 --> 00:25:34,039 Epstein ties. There was no middle ground. He chose survival, 410 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,160 and frankly, it's shocking he even had to think about 411 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,079 it that this was a choice at all shows how 412 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:43,880 broken the system is. Mandelsson should have been disqualified from 413 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,319 the job the minute Epstein connections first came up. And 414 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,519 now Mandelsson's legacy, if you want to call it, that 415 00:25:50,519 --> 00:25:53,799 has a permanent mark. Fired for calling Jeffrey Epstein his 416 00:25:53,839 --> 00:25:58,279 best pal. That's not going away. Every biography, every obituary, 417 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,119 every Wikipedia entry will feature it. This is not the 418 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,119 kind of scandal that fades with time. It sticks like 419 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,200 an embarrassing tattoo that you were talked into getting on 420 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,960 a trip to Tijuana, and the kind that you can 421 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,799 never laser off. His descendants will be explaining this long 422 00:26:14,799 --> 00:26:18,440 after we're all gone. Yeah, Grandad was a big shot diplomat, 423 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,319 but he also loved to write to Jeffrey Epstein about 424 00:26:21,319 --> 00:26:27,119 how unfairly he was treated, lovely family dinner conversation and look. 425 00:26:27,599 --> 00:26:30,759 MANDELSSHN was supposed to be the consonate survivor, the man 426 00:26:30,799 --> 00:26:34,759 who could slip out of any scandal like Houdini. For decades, 427 00:26:34,799 --> 00:26:38,880 he wriggled, pivoted, reinvented, himself and kept climbing back. But 428 00:26:39,079 --> 00:26:43,119 this time the emails were too damning, to grotesque, to unspinnable. 429 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,839 All it took was a few cringeworthy words best pal 430 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:50,480 to do what decades of scandals couldn't. He was taken 431 00:26:50,519 --> 00:26:53,720 down not by the corruption charges or fell policy, but 432 00:26:53,839 --> 00:26:58,799 by his own sycophantic correspondence. And it's almost poetic justice 433 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:03,400 that Epstein, in death continues to ruin lives. He ruined 434 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,680 countless victims lives while alive, and now from beyond the grave, 435 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,599 he's still detonating reputations. Mandelson thought his friendship with Epstein 436 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,759 was an asset, a way to cozy up to money 437 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:17,960 and influence. Instead, it became the very thing that destroyed them. 438 00:27:18,519 --> 00:27:22,400 It's the ultimate cautionary teale. Align yourself with predators and 439 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:27,039 eventually you'll go down with them. Claiming Epstein was wrongfully 440 00:27:27,039 --> 00:27:31,440 convicted now claiming that Jeffrey Epstein was wrongfully convicted is 441 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,880 the sort of line you'd expect to hear from a 442 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:38,000 lawyer cashing a seven figure retainer, not from a British diplomat. 443 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,079 But Mandelssyn gave it away for free. He played the 444 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,839 part of Epstein's volunteer defense counsel using his credibility and 445 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,759 his office to prop up a predator. The scandal also 446 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,799 lays bare the reality that the so called respectable elite 447 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,200 are a paper thin Oh they wear their tailored suits 448 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,680 and wield their lofty titles, but scratch the surface and 449 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:01,880 you find embarrassing, sickophantic letters to men like Epstein. We're 450 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,720 not talking about an isolated story here, it's the nature 451 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,039 of the class itself. Mandelssohn just happened to be stupid 452 00:28:08,079 --> 00:28:11,680 enough to get caught on the record. Mandelssh's fall is 453 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,599 therefore less about Epstein personally and more about what he 454 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,839 represents a political culture where loyalty to power, money, and 455 00:28:18,839 --> 00:28:23,400 connection always outweighs loyalty to truth, justice, or victims. Epstein 456 00:28:23,519 --> 00:28:27,599 was just the most infamous example. Mandelssohn's career collapse not 457 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,119 because he didn't know better, but because he did and 458 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:34,680 chose Epstein anyway. In the end, Mandelsson's career didn't collapse 459 00:28:34,839 --> 00:28:38,279 because of a bad speech or a bungled negotiation. It 460 00:28:38,359 --> 00:28:41,359 collapsed because he couldn't resist treating a convicted sex offender 461 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,559 like his closest confidant. That's the final lesson here. When 462 00:28:45,559 --> 00:28:48,799 the history books are written, Peter Mandelsson won't be remembered 463 00:28:48,799 --> 00:28:52,799 for his diplomatic work, his political maneuvering, or his survival instinct. 464 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,559 He'll be remembered as the ambassador who got fired for 465 00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:00,519 calling Jeffrey Epstein his best pal. And really, isn't that 466 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,720 just the perfect epitaph for the way the elites think. 467 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,200 All of the information that goes with this episode can 468 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,480 be found in the description box. What's up, everyone, and 469 00:29:11,599 --> 00:29:16,079 welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. Hey, you 470 00:29:16,119 --> 00:29:19,720 guys are gonna love this one. Lord Peter Mandelsson. Yeah, 471 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,000 that Mandelssohn, the guy who's been bounced around more times 472 00:29:23,119 --> 00:29:25,880 than a pub dart is still managing to pull in 473 00:29:26,039 --> 00:29:30,359 a six figure paycheck like it's his birthright. Booted from 474 00:29:30,359 --> 00:29:33,839 your ambassador, gig, don't matter. The man still cashing checks 475 00:29:33,839 --> 00:29:37,519 like he's putting in overtime down at the steel mill. Meanwhile, 476 00:29:37,559 --> 00:29:40,200 the rest of us are breaking our backs, juggling bills 477 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,000 and wondering if we can afford to fill up the 478 00:29:43,039 --> 00:29:46,759 goddamn gas tank. Look it, old Mandy Well, he sat 479 00:29:46,799 --> 00:29:49,759 there in his velvet chair, sipping on his wine, milking 480 00:29:49,839 --> 00:29:53,839 the system like it's his personal cow. Honestly, if this 481 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,440 isn't the purest example of how the elites never actually fall, 482 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,680 I don't know what is. They don't get fun, They 483 00:30:00,759 --> 00:30:04,440 just get rerouted like some royal gravy train GPS. And 484 00:30:04,519 --> 00:30:07,279 the most audacious part, we're supposed to believe this is 485 00:30:07,319 --> 00:30:10,240 all just perfectly fine, Like, oh, sure you lose your 486 00:30:10,279 --> 00:30:12,960 fancy job, but somehow you're still pulling in enough cash 487 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,960 to buy a new motor every month. For the rest 488 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,319 of us, losing a job means panic, scraping coins from 489 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:22,279 under the sofa. Hell, maybe even taking up a second 490 00:30:22,319 --> 00:30:27,000 gig delivering kebab's at midnight. But for Mandelsyn, no way. 491 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,240 The man has a magic parachute, made a tax pair 492 00:30:30,279 --> 00:30:33,759 of money and old boy connections. He lands soft every 493 00:30:33,799 --> 00:30:36,880 single time, cushioned by the same system he's been leeching 494 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:40,640 off of for decades, and it's all insulting. Really, this 495 00:30:40,759 --> 00:30:46,039 dude's career has more red flags than an Antifa parade, scandals, resignations, 496 00:30:46,119 --> 00:30:50,200 dodgy deals. But he's like Teflon, nothing sticks you or me. 497 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,599 We get caught nicking off his pens and suddenly HR 498 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:55,920 is calling us in like it's a capital of fence. 499 00:30:56,319 --> 00:30:59,839 But Mandelsn can get bounced out on his arse, as 500 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,119 they would say in England, and still walk away with 501 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,720 the pay packet that would keep three families afloat for 502 00:31:04,759 --> 00:31:08,160 a year. Tell me again how this is a meritocracy, 503 00:31:08,359 --> 00:31:10,799 because I must have missed that memo. And you can 504 00:31:10,839 --> 00:31:14,640 almost picture it, uh shlubs queuing up at the gas 505 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,599 station counting pennies and him laughing it up. It's some 506 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:21,160 chandelier lit room, probably telling his mates how exhausting it 507 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:24,799 is to keep up with the gardner's invoices. It's the 508 00:31:24,839 --> 00:31:28,880 same fucking story every bloody time. One rule for them, 509 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,039 another one for the rest of us. The working man 510 00:31:32,079 --> 00:31:35,279 gets the boot, the bill, and the blame, while the 511 00:31:35,359 --> 00:31:39,799 lords and ambassadors just keep breaking it in and the smugness. 512 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,920 You know, he's not sitting there embarrassed thinking maybe I 513 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,000 shouldn't have taken this money. Nah, he probably reckons he 514 00:31:46,079 --> 00:31:49,440 deserves it, like he's doing us a favor by even existing, 515 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,759 by gracing us with his presence. Because make no mistake, 516 00:31:52,839 --> 00:31:55,920 that's the mindset that these people have. They could burn 517 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,440 the whole place down, and when the smoke clears they'll 518 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,400 still be sitting on their six figure wagging a finger 519 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,359 at the rest of us for not trying hard enough. 520 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,400 So yeah, while the rest of us are praying that 521 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:10,000 the boiler doesn't break this winter, Lord Mandelson's laughing all 522 00:32:10,039 --> 00:32:13,559 the way to the bank. Still remove from his ambassador role, 523 00:32:14,279 --> 00:32:16,599 as if that means anything. When you're part of the club, 524 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,960 the rich don't get removed, They just get reassigned to 525 00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:24,599 another fat check. Must be nice, huh. Today's article is 526 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,880 from the Daily Email and the headline Lord Mandelsson is 527 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:31,079 still being paid a six figure salary despite being sacked 528 00:32:31,279 --> 00:32:34,759 as Britain's US ambassador more than two weeks ago. This 529 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:41,559 article was authored by Claire Ellicott Whitehall. Lord Mandelssohn has 530 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:45,480 left his official residence in Washington, but remains on the 531 00:32:45,599 --> 00:32:50,400 Foreign Office payroll despite being sacked. The ousted US ambassador 532 00:32:50,519 --> 00:32:53,880 was withdrawn from his role after sickening emails between him 533 00:32:54,079 --> 00:32:58,000 and his best pal, child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein emerged. 534 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:03,079 Imagine being tagged Jeffrey Epstein's best pal, knowing what Jeffrey 535 00:33:03,079 --> 00:33:06,319 Epstein was, and look, it's not like anybody's trying to 536 00:33:06,839 --> 00:33:11,440 hamstring mister Mandelsson here, this is a disaster of his 537 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:15,559 own design. Nobody told him to be that close to Epstein. 538 00:33:15,839 --> 00:33:18,359 Nobody told him to try and tell Epstein to beat 539 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,880 the case when it was first presented against them, and 540 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:25,119 then to continue to be friends with them. Well, guess what, 541 00:33:25,319 --> 00:33:30,920 mister Mandelsson, You're getting everything you deserve now. However, he 542 00:33:31,039 --> 00:33:33,960 is still employed by the Foreign Office and in receipt 543 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:37,039 of his six figure salary, which rivals the Prime ministers. 544 00:33:37,279 --> 00:33:41,960 It is understood, how's the ambassador's pay rival the prime ministers? 545 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:45,559 How is that even possible? I mean, let's be real, 546 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,759 Being an ambassador seems like the easiest gig in the world, 547 00:33:49,039 --> 00:33:51,319 unless you're in some place like, you know, Afghanistan or 548 00:33:51,319 --> 00:33:55,039 some shit. Imagine being the UK ambassador to the United States. 549 00:33:56,640 --> 00:34:00,440 What exactly do you have to do? Dinner parties, social functions, 550 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:05,839 not hang out with child molesters. Not very difficult. Despite 551 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,480 being removed from his post, the labor peer remains on 552 00:34:08,559 --> 00:34:11,079 the books and is thought to have received more than 553 00:34:11,119 --> 00:34:14,840 two weeks pay. Usually, diplomats who are withdrawn from their 554 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,360 post remain employed by the Foreign Office and are assigned 555 00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:24,519 a new post. With this unlikely scenario for mister Mandelsshon. 556 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:28,000 There are questions about why he remains an employee. Well, 557 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,679 that's a good question. Why are the taxpayers of the 558 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,239 UK on the hook for paying this dude's salary? You 559 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:37,559 really think that the average UK worker wants to give 560 00:34:37,559 --> 00:34:42,119 mandleson one single dollar? I mean, come on, people in 561 00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:44,679 the UK are working to the bone to try and 562 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:47,079 put food on the table and then this guy comes 563 00:34:47,079 --> 00:34:50,440 strolling in after you know, being outed as what he is, 564 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,679 and he's still drawn a paycheck. At what point did 565 00:34:54,679 --> 00:34:57,440 the British people just say enough is enough? The amount 566 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,800 of pressure that the British society is under at this 567 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:03,159 point point is extreme and I don't know how much 568 00:35:03,199 --> 00:35:06,480 bending it's going to continue to do before things break 569 00:35:06,519 --> 00:35:09,320 and all hell breaks loose because people in the UK 570 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,760 in general have had enough with this. As an unlikely scenario. 571 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,840 In Mandelssohn's case, there are questions about why he remains 572 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:20,159 an employee. Foreign Office sources declined to comment on HR matters, 573 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,519 suggesting that there has not been a resolution in his case. 574 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,159 Not been a resolution? Huh, what is this a Catholic church? 575 00:35:27,199 --> 00:35:29,880 We're just gonna shuffle this dude like a priest. Maybe 576 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:33,880 send him somewhere else. Imagine being the country that gets 577 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:37,159 Mandelssohn as their ambassador if they reshuffle him, talk about 578 00:35:37,159 --> 00:35:40,559 the ultimate disrespect. But in contrast to a sacking from 579 00:35:40,599 --> 00:35:43,119 Global Council, the firm he set up, he remains a 580 00:35:43,119 --> 00:35:46,559 Foreign Office employee more than two weeks on. So he 581 00:35:46,639 --> 00:35:50,000 got fired from his public job, but his government job, Nah, 582 00:35:50,119 --> 00:35:53,519 no big deal, you can keep that. I mean, fucking 583 00:35:53,599 --> 00:35:56,159 for real, public dollar is going to pay this guy. 584 00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:00,519 He loses his private gig in the private sector, but 585 00:36:00,679 --> 00:36:04,400 the government is dragging their feet about launching them. I 586 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:08,719 wonder why the Corporate Strategy company got rid of the 587 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,920 new labor architect just minutes after he was fired as 588 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:15,800 Britain's ambassador to Washington. It came after their wealthy clients 589 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:19,320 express concern about being tarnished by association with the peer 590 00:36:19,679 --> 00:36:23,400 who defended this his pedophile friend Epstein. And remember it's 591 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,679 not like they were just buddies, right. He came out 592 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:30,360 and defended this dude straight up without any kind of shame. 593 00:36:31,519 --> 00:36:34,960 We're talking about somebody that was already convicted of diddling 594 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:39,039 little girls. There is no excuse for it. There is 595 00:36:39,079 --> 00:36:41,559 no explanation for it, and I really don't care what 596 00:36:41,639 --> 00:36:44,239 you have to say. You're a disgusting piece of shit. 597 00:36:46,519 --> 00:36:49,400 The downfall of Mandelssinn came after a series of embarrassing 598 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:52,840 emails emerged in which he attempted to help his friend 599 00:36:53,079 --> 00:36:57,440 despite the charges against him. It took suh Kiah several 600 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,480 days to remove the disgrace peer from his post, despite 601 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:05,800 cabinet ministers and labor MPs expressing their disgust. Hell Secretary 602 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:09,199 West Streeting said he was completely disgusted by his behavior. 603 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:12,679 The former ambassador is said to have refused to resign, 604 00:37:13,039 --> 00:37:15,760 not wanting to have been forced into the position for 605 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:20,239 a third time after previous humiliations. So this guy had 606 00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:24,159 already had to resign different positions two times previously. Why 607 00:37:24,199 --> 00:37:26,480 in the fuck do you think it's a good idea 608 00:37:26,599 --> 00:37:28,800 to have him as the ambassador to the United States? 609 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,440 Who came up with that plan? Oh that's right, Kure 610 00:37:32,519 --> 00:37:38,119 Starmer an absolute moron who should resign as well. His 611 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:42,519 formal status as ambassador was withdrawn with immediate effect, rather 612 00:37:42,599 --> 00:37:45,440 than in a personal phone call between him and in Sircure. 613 00:37:46,559 --> 00:37:50,199 A formal legal justification for his removal was reportedly drawn 614 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,840 up in the event that he refused to go quietly. 615 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:56,559 It's not clear whether this could be used in future 616 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:59,880 to remove him as an employee of the Foreign Office. 617 00:38:01,119 --> 00:38:04,679 Allies claimed that Mandelssohn had admitted in his vetting interview 618 00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:07,480 that he continued his relationship with Epstein for many years, 619 00:38:07,679 --> 00:38:12,079 yet was appointed anyway. I believe that, honestly, they thought 620 00:38:12,119 --> 00:38:14,280 that it didn't matter. They truly thought that this didn't 621 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:17,960 matter anymore, and nobody cared. Well. Breaking news we care, 622 00:38:18,679 --> 00:38:21,719 and not just across the pond in America, but in 623 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,960 the UK too, And considering some of the conversations I've 624 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:28,639 had with people over in the UK recently, things aren't 625 00:38:28,639 --> 00:38:32,599 looking good. People have had enough, and when people have enough, 626 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:36,239 well we all know what happens next. Shadow Foreign Secretary 627 00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:39,960 Pretty Potel call for ministers to explain why taxpayers were 628 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,199 still paying Mandelssoh's salary cure. Starmer and his morally bankrupt 629 00:38:44,199 --> 00:38:47,480 government are up to their neck and sleeves and appalling scandal, 630 00:38:47,599 --> 00:38:50,519 she said, having lied to cover up the truth over 631 00:38:50,559 --> 00:38:54,800 Mandelssohn's relationship with the convicted pedophile Epstein. It's scandalous to 632 00:38:54,840 --> 00:39:00,360 discover that British taxpayers are still funding MANDELSSOHNS salary must 633 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:03,599 explain why taxpayers are still funding Mandelsson, why he has 634 00:39:03,639 --> 00:39:06,760 not taken swift action to remove Mandelson's ties to the 635 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,519 British state, and when he will be honest with the 636 00:39:09,519 --> 00:39:13,239 public and Epstein's victims and explain why he thought Mandelson's 637 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,880 appointment to the prestigious role as ambassador to the US 638 00:39:17,199 --> 00:39:20,280 was justified in the first place. Probably a good idea, 639 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,920 but nobody will say shit, He'll just keep it moving. 640 00:39:24,559 --> 00:39:27,159 These people truly believe they don't owe us any kind 641 00:39:27,159 --> 00:39:32,599 of explanation. They're under the impression that they're in charge. Well, 642 00:39:32,679 --> 00:39:35,360 their power comes from us, and I think it's about 643 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:39,000 time that we remind them that they don't get to 644 00:39:39,039 --> 00:39:42,000 these positions unless we vote for them. And if you 645 00:39:42,039 --> 00:39:45,639 continue your bullshit, well guess what you're gonna find yourself 646 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:50,400 unemployed with your boy Mandelsson. Upon his appointment as ambassador, 647 00:39:50,559 --> 00:39:53,079 he took leave of absence from the Lords, which he 648 00:39:53,159 --> 00:39:56,719 has to revoke to return. This is a formal process 649 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,679 and he must write the Lord's authority giving three months 650 00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:03,320 notice of his return duties. He is not believed to 651 00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:06,679 have made the contact, so far. US President Donald Trump, 652 00:40:07,079 --> 00:40:10,079 who had forged a good relationship with Mandelsh, did not 653 00:40:10,199 --> 00:40:13,320 learn of his removal until after it happened. The Foreign 654 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:16,360 Office declined to comment. Oh, I'm shocked that Donald Trump 655 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:19,239 and Mandelson were buddies. They're all part of the same club, 656 00:40:19,679 --> 00:40:21,599 you know, the club that hates the rest of us. 657 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:23,920 But for some reason we put people like this on 658 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:28,079 a pedestal. I'll never understand it, But here we are anyway. 659 00:40:28,119 --> 00:40:30,320 That's the club. They're all part of, all of them, 660 00:40:30,639 --> 00:40:32,840 and you see the kind of backscratching that goes on. 661 00:40:34,039 --> 00:40:37,119 Imagine if you went to work and your job found 662 00:40:37,159 --> 00:40:41,320 out that you were coforting with a child molester. How 663 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,599 do you think your job would react. I know, as 664 00:40:43,599 --> 00:40:47,920 somebody who was a manager at many different corporations, billion 665 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:52,679 dollar corporations, I would fire your ass quickly. It wouldn't 666 00:40:52,679 --> 00:40:55,880 even be a conversation. Honestly, I'd bring you in the office, 667 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:57,840 I'd show you my proof, and I'd say, look, I 668 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:01,000 can't be associated with somebody who thinks touching children is 669 00:41:01,039 --> 00:41:03,480 a good idea, So get the fuck out of my 670 00:41:03,519 --> 00:41:07,159 office and never come back again. But when we're talking 671 00:41:07,199 --> 00:41:10,960 about people like Mandelssin, people with money, with power, with wealth, 672 00:41:11,639 --> 00:41:16,000 whole different ballgame, right, there's a process, there are steps 673 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:19,239 to go through, hoops to jump through. Well, the truth is, 674 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,480 none of that's true. They could get rid of Mandelssn 675 00:41:22,519 --> 00:41:26,079 tomorrow if they want, but they don't want to, and 676 00:41:26,119 --> 00:41:30,239 that's because to them, this stuff doesn't even matter. And 677 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,559 if it wasn't for everybody out there, meaning you, carrying 678 00:41:33,599 --> 00:41:37,639 on and demanding transparency injustice, they just keep it moving 679 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,679 and Mandelssin would still be in that position and nobody 680 00:41:40,679 --> 00:41:43,920 would care one bit, nobody in power. And that's the 681 00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:47,519 sad truth that unless these people have their hand forced, 682 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:51,119 they're never going to do anything about their buddies. They're 683 00:41:51,159 --> 00:41:54,000 never going to do anything about people that have the 684 00:41:54,039 --> 00:41:57,840 power and the influence of somebody like Peter mandelssh unless 685 00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:01,039 they're forced to do so. And then they do it 686 00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:06,559 kicking and screaming. So hopefully Mandelsson's off the payroll very soon, 687 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:09,960 and then after that sent his ass directly into exile 688 00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:15,320 with Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. All right, folks, that's 689 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,519 gonna do it for this one. All of the information 690 00:42:17,599 --> 00:42:20,199 that goes with this episode can be found in the 691 00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:21,119 description box.