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Gpcus's avatar

This issue has a double edged value because a) highlighted the unshakable loyalty of KS to our Imperial overlords and b) make KS subject to blackmail by those same powers, should he ever step out of the line, regardless how much this is unlikely. We'll never know KS true involvement in JA persecution, but we know for sure his time as PM will not bring any significant positive change for England, Great Britain, Europe or the world as a whole

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Tony Seymour's avatar

I seem to recall that the 2 women in the "rape" case knew each other and both had slept with Assange consensually. Pressure was exerted on them by one or more Swedish prosecutors to testify in a stitch up case, and that became more difficult over time.

It's so sad that Sweden has now joined NATO. In 1986 (when I used to work there) Sweden was a model of non-alignment, a peaceful country where the Prime Minister could walk the streets of Stockholm without security .. or so the late lamented Olof Palme believed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olof_Palme

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korkyrian's avatar

Releasing Assange was inevitable, as keeping him locked would have shown Strarmer as jail keeper.

Extraditing Assange would have been even worse, Starmer would, deservedly, been perceived as an accomplice in oppressing free speech.

Some good points

Assange is out of jail, united with his family, as free as all of us

Starmer‘s handlers and Starmer‘s limits are clear.

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Eric Zuesse's avatar

This news-report is largely useless because it fails to link to its evidences and might therefore be misrepresenting in one or more of its allegations so that to quote or otherwise rely upon any one of its allegations would be reckless. This news-report provides no means of access to any of its alleged evidences and is therefore untrustworthy. I believe its account likely to be entirely true, but it is useless. I am inclined to attribute its uselessness to the reporter's journalistic incompetence instead of to any intent to deceive. If the reporter had been not merely honest but competent, then each of its allegations would have linked to its source so that a reader could then examine its source and evaluate that source on one's own. So, this is an extremely frustrating news-report: likely entirely true, but totally unreliable.

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Eric Zuesse's avatar

I am guessing right now, but I suspect that Fazi has only one source for his article, and that it is the great book by Stephania Maurizi, SECRET POWER. It's here:

https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Power-WikiLeaks-Its-Enemies/dp/0745347614?asin=0745347614&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1

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korkyrian's avatar

Regarding Starmer, all this only shows he is an excellent professional, and a skilled, determined, reticent, self controlled politician. A real Brit. Corbyn is more like a fairy tale, or a character from a book, legend, Tolkienesque. Good for him an all who support him. Starmer could reveal himself as Good for Britain. Wish him luck.

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Tony Seymour's avatar

I disagree. Starmer was a member of the elite globalist club the Trilateral Commission.

https://labourheartlands.com/sir-keir-starmer-the-establishment-candidate-the-labour-leadership-race-and-the-trilateral-commission/?s=03

His only fellow MP there was Conservative Rory Stewart - who is believed to be connected to the security services and is now doing a podcast with Blair's "dodgy dossier" enforcer, Allastair Campbell who in July 2019l said: "I don't want to rejoin Corbyn's Labour."

https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Alastair_Campbell

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Eric Zuesse's avatar

"Good for Britain"? How so?

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korkyrian's avatar

Good for Britain, begins with recognizing Britain‘s longterm strategic interest, and then following through with policies.

A. relation to Europe. Britain as a member has had a significant influence on which course EU will take. Will EU become a superstate, or remain an association of sovereign states. Britain after Brexit has significantly lesser influence on future EU.

B. internal structure, economy, taxes, healthcare, immigration, pound as opposed to dollar/euro

Most of the EU supported/required reforms were correlated with British interests, but not all.

Independence at the deepest level is very very hard to give up.

As shown in real life by the examples of Russia, but also Ukraine, Taiwan…

Independence is difficult to get, and even more difficult to keep long term.

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