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Robert Wright
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Newsroom reporter at the Financial Times, clergy spouse, rider of bicycles.

"I just wanted to see something new every day and tell a story with it": Gus Haynes.
Post a banger that isn’t in English: youtu.be/apE1n63ZhMQ?...
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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Trump Finds New Tone After Controversial Post
Will any of the reporters who credulously peddled the "rogue staffer" story issue retractions or burn their anonymous sources? Don't print lies in the newspaper
BREAKING: Trump says he 'didn't make a mistake' with his racist video post.

Q:  "A number of Republicans are calling on you to apologize for that post. Is that something you're going to do?"

Trump: "No, I didn't make a mistake."

He adds later: "I guess it was a take off on the Lion King."
February 7, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Once again, I beg you, people advertising watching rugby in pubs - do not encourage people to bring balls to watch matches on TV. They are entirely unnecessary.
February 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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can't help but think there is probably a corrosive effect of having sex trafficker-elite emails unveiled for months on end as one of the biggest cultural/news stories of the last year— unearthing an inexcusable moral rot in the upper echelons of power—but without any real accountability/justice
February 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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New documents suggest Prince Andrew privately lobbied UAE officials to engage with Jeffrey Epstein even after his crimes were known. Another reminder that elite protection doesn’t stop at borders, it travels first class. Via Financial Times.
Former prince advocated for Epstein during Queen Elizabeth’s visit to UAE
Files show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor tried to encourage Emirati foreign minister to do business with disgraced financier
www.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Andrew advocated for Epstein during Queen Elizabeth’s visit to UAE ft.trib.al/Uz3mMsY
Andrew advocated for Epstein during Queen Elizabeth’s visit to UAE
Files show former prince tried to encourage Emirati foreign minister to do business with disgraced financier
ft.trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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Epstein advised former prince’s team on proposed deal with Cantor Fitzgerald giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Epstein advised former prince’s team on proposed deal with Cantor Fitzgerald
Aides to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor worked with convicted sex offender on planned agreement with US investment bank
giftarticle.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor advocated for Jeffrey Epstein on an official UK state visit to the UAE with the late Queen in 2010, according to newly released emails. The former prince wrote to Epstein on Nov 24, 2010 about a meeting with “Abdullah”, a reference the foreign minister of the UAE.
Andrew advocated for Jeffrey Epstein during Queen Elizabeth’s visit to UAE
Files show former prince tried to encourage Emirati foreign minister to do business with disgraced financier
www.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:29 PM
New from the Epstein files: the then Prince Andrew advocated for Epstein to the UAE's foreign minister during a state visit: as.ft.com/r/d6225ad6-0...
Andrew advocated for Jeffrey Epstein during Queen Elizabeth’s visit to UAE
[FREE TO READ] Files show former prince tried to encourage Emirati foreign minister to do business with disgraced financier
as.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Wondered what else might be in the Epstein files about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor? Read here about a new discovery - that his aides in 2013 took advice about a potential deal for an investment bank to pay him for introductions to clients: as.ft.com/r/8d060475-9... The deal didn't go through.
Jeffrey Epstein advised former Prince Andrew’s team on deal with Cantor Fitzgerald
[FREE TO READ] Aides to king’s brother worked with convicted sex offender on planned agreement with US investment bank in 2013
as.ft.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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Rotten. It’s grimly amusing that a reputation laundering strategy prepared for Epstein by a pr firm that I read in the docs earlier had as its first point: Distance yourself from Prince Andrew…

Former prince discussed with Epstein ways to get round investment rules

www.ft.com/content/6b2f...
Former prince discussed with Jeffrey Epstein ways to get round investment rules
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared official documents while serving as a UK trade envoy
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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Former prince discussed with Jeffrey Epstein ways to get round investment rules ft.trib.al/2cWfA1v
Former prince discussed with Jeffrey Epstein ways to get round investment rules
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared official documents while serving as a UK trade envoy
ft.trib.al
February 3, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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FT exclusive

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor discussed ways round restrictions on his making investments while an official UK trade representative and shared official documents from the role with Jeffrey Epstein, files released by the US Department of Justice show

www.ft.com/content/6b2f...
Former prince discussed with Jeffrey Epstein ways to get round investment rules
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared official documents while serving as a UK trade envoy
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Wondered what the Epstein files said about the former Prince Andrew's business dealings? I've been searching the files to find out: as.ft.com/r/bc2c9bdb-e...
Former prince discussed with Jeffrey Epstein ways to get round investment rules
[FREE TO READ] Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared official documents while serving as a UK trade envoy
as.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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Not quite one year ago as.ft.com/r/52c094cb-4...
February 1, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them
February 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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I have complete faith that Lord Mandelson can bounce back from this episode and that he has the fight in him to resign in disgrace at least one more time.
February 1, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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Head of Animal Husbandry applicants: Please look up what “Animal Husbandry” means before submitting your resume. We're begging you.
February 1, 2026 at 5:29 PM
This evening, Radio 4 had a programme about the 50th anniversary of the release of Taxi Driver, followed by a programme about the 100th (approximately) anniversary of the publication of Mrs Dalloway.
So now I’m picturing Travis Bickle driving round listening to a show about 50 years of Mrs Dalloway.
January 31, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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January 31, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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I’ve written this lengthy FT analysis overnight about the multiple multi-thousand pound Epstein payments to Mandelson’s husband

these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly

www.ft.com/content/608a...
January 31, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Prince Andrew offered to help Jeffrey Epstein pay off a member of his staff, the latest release of DoJ files shows: as.ft.com/r/0f8e2c50-f...
Former Prince Andrew offered to aid payoff to member of Epstein’s staff, DoJ emails show
[FREE TO READ] Messages contradict Mountbatten-Windsor’s account of pair’s relationship after disgraced financier was convicted in 2008
as.ft.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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Unfortunately it appears the fire that has blocked trains out of Euston today is in a building that houses a hot yoga studio that promises "controlled heat". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chalk Farm fire disrupts Euston station services
There is major disruption on all rail services between Euston station and Watford Junction.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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Melania - as much fun as a melanoma.

They can have that for the posters
January 30, 2026 at 11:48 AM