Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Rachel Reeves, Panorama have 2 damning things in common | UK | News
Morning, Saturday class. Settle. Now. What do Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Panorama and Rachel Reeves have in common? Don’t all answer at the same time. Yes, very true, folks. They were all caught lying, or lying by omission, or at least, as the late Alan Clark MP might so eloquently put it, by conforming to reality. So what ELSE do they have in common?
Fix it again. We don’t believe in them anymore, or rather we don’t believe in them. Once trust is lost, it is almost impossible to regain it. First Andrew. Of course, there was plenty of doubt about his denial of having even met Virginia Giuffre on Newsnight, let alone having sex with her when he was 17 (remember the rhyme making the rounds in Westminster: “The grand Duke of York, he had £12 million, he gave it to a total stranger for something he never did”)?
But despite all the ridicule and ridicule, no one could prove that Andrew was a liar. That is, until emails emerged that revealed beyond doubt that he had been in contact with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, months after he swore to Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis to cut off contact altogether.
Andrew and Epstein discussed Giuffre’s social security number, DOB, and (incorrect) rumors that she has a criminal record. So much for Andrew’s “no memory” of the poor woman. Caught in the middle of a foolish lie, Andrew lost the trust of even his brother, the King. Along with his titles, his home, and everything that was left of his reputation.
Now let’s move on to Panorama. Have you heard about this week’s developments regarding the program’s “special” program for SAS death squads that once operated in Afghanistan? Have you ever found yourself raising a questioning eyebrow?
The program was terribly damaged last month by the revelation that Panorama had lied to the teeth about President Trump’s speech on the day of the Capitol Hill riots, dishonestly editing it to make it appear that he had explicitly called for violence.
There was a time when I took the accuracy of the Panorama “scoop” without question. Now? I’m not so sure. Trust is over.
As for Reeves… what a track record this woman has for making false statements (to put it politely). She was accused of plagiarizing heavily from the work of others for her book about female economists.
He was altering his CV to suggest that he was a leading economist at the Bank of England, although he was actually a junior civil servant. He claimed he wasn’t aware he had to get a license before allowing it into his home, even though he knew it was necessary.
And now, the big part is telling him he must use tax increases to fill a fiscal black hole that he is officially told does not exist.
