Martin Jay
The latest episode of the Epstein revelations might well be a trigger for the entire British establishment to come crashing down.
The latest episode of the Epstein revelations which has impacted the UK might well be a trigger for the entire British establishment to come crashing down. Emails which show both the former Prince Andrew and Britain's US ambassador Peter Mandelson were selling inside information about British government policies and future strategies have shocked not only the political sphere of the Westminster bubble but also the wider public, with some analysts predicting a major knock-on effect.
It is a sad state of affairs, but traditionally the British royal family has a history of protecting paedophiles, the more recent case of Jimmy Savile being still remembered today by most Brits. But now the public has to accept that Epstein had a proximity to the royal family, enjoyed special access to even land his private jet at military bases and was much closer to the Queen than originally thought. The recent move by King Charles to remove Andrew from "the firm" might have shown some verve to royal supporters, but as more troves of evidence are released many now suspect that this last-ditch survival strategy hides more than it reveals. Did King Charles know more than he is letting on ? Were he and the Queen closer to Epstein than originally thought?
For the moment, the king is going to extraordinary lengths to demonstrate to the public that he has nothing to do with his brother's grubby world of Epstein's business deals nor his paedo ring, even going so far as to announce his intention to fully cooperate with police investigations which could land Andrew a prison sentence.
Emails from the recently released batch of Epstein files seem to show the former prince passing on reports of visits to Singapore, Hong Kong and Vietnam and confidential details of investment opportunities.
Later on, on 30 November 2010, according to the BBC, he appears to have forwarded official reports of those visits sent by his then-special adviser, Amit Patel, to Epstein, five minutes after receiving them.
There were also details of investment opportunities in Afghanistan, described as "confidential", which appear to have been passed on to Epstein on 24 December 2010.
The King understands how the Epstein affair could irreparably damage the prestige and influence of the royal family, so it is understandable that throwing his brother under a bus is all about self-preservation.
For Peter Mandelson, at the heart of the British story, it would appear that the dark, murky world of corruption in which he is installed will protect him from any prosecution, as quite apart from being connected to Israel, his own black book of potential blackmail material must be extensive. So what we are witnessing is the comical pretence that he is being dismembered limb from limb from political life and the privileges that it bestows, when in reality he has only lost his job as US ambassador, which even that gave him a handsome pay off as a golden handshake. Mandelson has been selling state secrets to Epstein for quite some time and it should come as no surprise that his home in the leafy suburbs is owned by a Rothschild billionaire. The police investigation into him is a farce and will uncover nothing, while rumours circulate that he will relocate to Israel.
Of course, the Israel connection to the whole affair is critical to understanding the bigger picture and, even though the British press dutifully peddled the absurd idea recently that the whole Epstein honey trap was a Russian operation, the truth is that Israel is the main benefactor of the blackmail ring, although the real asset of Mossad is not Epstein, but Ghislaine Maxwell, who, in reality, was running Epstein. Israel is at the heart of the whole affair, even in Britain.
A little-reported detail is the resignation of Morgan McSweeney, who is apparently Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff. In reality, though, McSweeney was so much more than this. Quite apart from McSweeney's own think tank, which is in reality a censorship tool against freedom of speech being linked to Israel, he was the architect and genius behind Starmer and a fortuitous asset of the Zionists. Both Mandelson and McSweeney have a much darker and closer relationship with Israel than the British press let on, and with both of those key pillars next to Starmer now gone, it is hard to imagine how much longer the PM has left in Downing Street, as now he is alone in the barbaric world of British politics where his own party's top MPs will be the first wolves to come to his door. If Starmer himself is a product of Mossad and the CIA, as some believe he is, is it fair to assume that those same organisations have now left him in such a state that he will fall on his own sword ? Israel needs the British people to look elsewhere now and not join the dots up, linking more or less everything to them. Trump also is looking for others on whom the Epstein story can be pinned. Starmer would seem to be the perfect fall guy here as the entire shabby circus looks for a victim. Watch now as his own MPs, on the Israel payroll, plot for him to resign, and also observe how Mandelson, if anything, is protected by the establishment and will even keep his seat in the House of Lords.
Martin Jay is an award-winning British journalist based in Morocco where he is a correspondent for The Daily Mail (UK) who previously reported on the Arab Spring there for CNN, as well as Euronews. From 2012 to 2019 he was based in Beirut where he worked for a number of international media titles including BBC, Al Jazeera, RT, DW, as well as reporting on a freelance basis for the UK's Daily Mail, The Sunday Times plus TRT World. His career has led him to work in almost 50 countries in Africa, The Middle East and Europe for a host of major media titles. He has lived and worked in Morocco, Belgium, Kenya and Lebanon.