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NEW: This is a terrific deep dive into Epstein & Russia by @[email protected] for @[email protected] which starts with ‘Yachtgate’, Mandelson’s 2008 scandal involving Nat Rothschild, George Osborne & Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mand...

Peter Mandelson, the Russian s...

Peter Mandelson, the Russian superyacht and the scandal we completely misread

When Britain's most powerful political fixer was caught on an oligarch's boat in Corfu, we called it Yachtgate and moved on. The Epstein files now reveal the full picture: a web of Russian money, paedophile kompromat and New Labour access that shaped a decade of British politics, writes Tamsin Shaw

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Carole Cadwalladr Feb 25

I’ve been obsessed with this scandal for years. And have talked about with @[email protected] many times. It was the same year, Epstein was convicted. And what’s amazing is how it foreshadows what’s in the files. 2/

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Carole Cadwalladr Feb 25

Deripaska is such a key figure in subversion of US 2016 election. And tight with half the British establishment. The files show how Mandelson tried to get his help with Russia visa for Epstein & much more. Tony Blair is also in the mix because: of course. 3/

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Carole Cadwalladr Feb 25

The real scandal of yachtgate is that Deripaska peddled influence in UK for years. Influence that the UK govt is STILL refusing to investigate. Mandelson’s venality & hunger for the high life shows up not just in his compromising r’ship with Epstein. Deripaska needs far greater scrutiny too. 4/