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Jan 27 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Why have all the British media, forgotten on purpose that in June 2019, Prince Andrew secretly met with Ghislaine Maxwell? This is not a rumour as in the Emily Maitlis interview, he admitted he met her. It was just weeks before Epstein's second arrest.
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What this illustrates is how our media spin things to protect the Royal Family. This meeting was widely reported at the time, including in the British media. But since Maxwell's conviction it has never been mentioned. I thought the media were supposed to report facts and news?
This was at a time when neither the media, the victim's lawyers, and even the US authorities could trace Maxwell. Note that the report says she was accompanied by 4 serious people. Hardly a chance meeting as they met in Buckingham Palace.
Yet the British media are uncritically reporting Prince Andrew's new claim, that he was not a close friend of Maxwell. Yet at a time, when no one knew where Maxwell was, and the US had reopened the investigation of Epstein and Maxwell, Prince Andrew met with her in secret.
Why was this widely reported in the media, including the British media, in November 2019, and not now? When it is now far more relevant after Maxwell's conviction for sex trafficking minors.
#GhislaineMaxwell #PrinceAndrew

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An excellent thread from @GeorgeMonbiot. I have spent decades of my life trying to understand and work out this apparent paradox, and how this all works. The simply summary, is that none of this works like how we are taught. It's what I call a Conspiracy of Common Purpose.
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Everyone of these so called knew rules were as taught to me in my driving lessons, and I was clearly told failure to adhere to them, or failing to explain this to the examiner in your driving test, would result in you failing your driving test.
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