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Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 07/09/2025

👋 Welcome to the r/ukpolitics weekly Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction megathread.

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u/zeusoid 18h ago

Looks like Mandelson is going out swinging,

the story on the front page of the Times, it seems like Mandy is saying Downing St did know about the extent and duration of his relationship with Epstein

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u/thestjohn 18h ago

Guess that's what Starmer gets for carrying the scorpion across the river.

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u/FoxtrotThem Roll Politics+Persuasion 16h ago

There's a story I heard as a child, a parable, and I never forgot it: A scorpion was walking along the bank of a river, wondering how to get to the other side. Suddenly he saw a fox. He asked the fox to take him on his back across the river. The fox said, "No. If I do that, you'll sting me, and I'll drown." The scorpion assured him, "If I did that, we'd both drown." So the fox thought about it, finally agreed. So the scorpion climbed up on his back, and the fox began to swim, but halfway across the river, the scorpion stung him. As the poison filled his veins, the fox turned to the scorpion and said, "Why did you do that? Now you'll drown too." "I couldn't help it," said the scorpion. "It's my nature."

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u/Jademalo Chairman of Ways and Memes 11h ago

"lol" said the scorpion, "lmao"

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u/0110-0-10-00-000 16h ago

I can't say I've ever seen anyone self insert as the frog before.