As predicted, Mandelson arrested – but state still betraying Epstein victims and survivors

As Skwawkbox predicted last week, Peter Mandelson, Keir Starmer’s former senior adviser and ambassador, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. After the arrest of former prince Andrew, it was inevitable.

Mandelson arrested – but no justice for victims and survivors

But both arrests are for sharing trade and financial secrets with Israeli spy and serial child rapist Jeffrey Epstein. Police are not looking into whether Mandelson was in any way involved in Epstein’s rape of children or his human trafficking – which included sending women to the UK for Andrew. As ever, power considers money far more significant than the lives and well-being of ordinary people.

Neither arrest should be allowed in any way to distance Starmer from his own guilt. He appointed Mandelson as his senior adviser and UK ambassador to the US, despite knowing that Mandelson was still in close contact with Epstein. He also ran the Crown Prosecution Service during its decision not to prosecute serial rapist Jimmy Savile and others, or intelligence operatives linked to torture, while pursuing innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses, autistic hackers and innocent journalist Julian Assange.

And Starmer has his own very large basket of dirty laundry of covering up for abusers and sex pests in ‘his’ party – many of whom were directly involved in, or closely linked to, criminality. It is a habit he still shows no sign of breaking.

But the victims of Epstein and those he enabled will only have justice when the powerful are on trial for the abuse they suffered – not just a whitewashing of rape and paedophilia by focusing on ‘white collar crime’.

For more on the Epstein Files, please read the Canary’s article on how the media circus around Epstein is erasing the experiences of victims and survivors.

Featured image via the Canary