"The Epstein files reveal not just a catastrophic breach of trust, but the final act in a long political psychodrama. Donald Macintyre reveals how a man so adept at managing risk came to take one that could destroy a government not to mention his own career and says the answers lie deep in a life shaped by a fatal attraction to wealth and influence"
"The aristocrat who dated Andrew briefly in 1999, said not being named in the files relating to the convicted paedophile, would just mean you are a loser. Speaking to LBC host Tom Swarbrick on Friday (6 January), Lady Victoria said: He [Epstein] knew everybody that was very powerful. So, if you were on the scene and you were powerful, like, to be honest, if you are not in those files, it would be an insult. She added: It would just mean you are a loser. Swarbrick responded: That's an astonishing attitude. I find that jaw-dropping. Andrew has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in his relationship with Epstein."
"Former prime minister, Gordon Brown, said Lord Mandelson's alleged lies during his appointment process as US ambassador were not sufficient explanation for what happened. Mr Brown told BBC's Radio 4's Today programme: There is a systemic failure to do proper vetting, to go through the proper procedures and to actually have, in my view, what should be public hearings for anybody who is going to be in a"
The Epstein files reveal a catastrophic breach of trust and the culmination of a prolonged political psychodrama. A senior political figure who was skilled at risk management took a gamble that threatened a government and his own career, driven by an apparent attraction to wealth and influence. Public reaction included aristocrat Lady Victoria Hervey dismissing absence from the files as an insult and equating presence in the files with power, while Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor denies wrongdoing. Former prime minister Gordon Brown described alleged lies during an ambassadorial appointment as inadequate and identified systemic failures in vetting and the need for public hearings.
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