Steven P

From the Independant: New Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit alleges financier trafficked girls as young as 11 to secluded private island WWW.INDEPENDENT.CO.UK Convicted sex offender ‘kept a computerised database of women and girls’

That is what he was convicted off. But you seam to think that a 40+ year old offering a 14 year old money for sex is OK. For information, he continued and raped the girl, but wasn't prosecuted on that part - did you see on the news at all, Epstein did a plea deal? That was the deal, he would fess up the soliciting, they would drop the rape bit. Deal involved Trumps attorney general if you want a term of reference to the current thread. Not acceptable here by the way. Never was, never will be. Not acceptable in any town I have lived in either. Why is it acceptable to you?

They were as young as 12 - Haven't had time to dig out the reports yet.

Again, no there isn't. It is still raping a child.

Yes he was.

Legally, yes. A child is considered unable to make an informed decision, and without it that it is rape. Any sex with a child is rape. Any sex with a child is immoral. Why are you tying to defend Epstein?

Likewise there was no conviction for Saville... Epstein was convicted of soliciting a minor for sex. That means paying a child to have sex with her. Not alleged, convicted. Maxwell was convicted of suppling children for Epstein to have sex with. Not alleged, convicted. And in defence of Epstein, GarethM.

More than 500 yards from a school if his attitude to child rapes is anything to go by.

Have to check but his parents are registered republicans, he himself had some time in school pushing republican ideology, not a tricky conclusion to make - though I heed the warning to jump to conclusions - in my mind it wasn't a political act though and affiliations are irrelevant.

Kind of - work out how to stop Abdul wanting to leave and looking at the alternative places to live.

Yes, this one. No fix, just spending billions employing more police.

Regarding Epstein raping children: A grey area "raping a child that you know".

I would take you seriously if it wasn't your view that you can rape children... so long as know them.

And Hyundai have walked out the country, putting at risk billions of investment. And the farmers are short on labour now And tax paying businesses are being forced to close Maybe they were immigrants but they were all contributing to the US economy, using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut. What he isn't doing of course is looking at the causes of the issue, closing the borders is just building up a pressure on the southern side... and like all dams it will burst. The rich nations, if we don't want migration, need to work out how to stop people leaving in the first place and not standing at the borer like Gandalf "You shall not pass". No he hasn't cut immigration, he has paused it for a couple of years, and it will return.... problem hasn't been solved or even worked on. Half the worlds poor streaming across the border? Perhaps a google search would show otherwise though this is just me being arsy and semantics.

I would take you seriously if it wasn't your view that you can rape children... so long as know them.

Very possible to do that. As long as we arn't all looking at the conflict with rose tinted glasses, I reckon a lot of people will think the same

It is not a bleating Mike, but there is a lot of one sided - and inaccurate posting on here - so for the sake of balance what is above is noting what is not reported on this forum as much. However I suspect that most in Palestine would like to live in Palestine... in their homes... without fear... as any civilian might (this also covers The Ukraine which whose civilians have also suffered)

Half right of course, we should be wary of what both sides are telling us, in this conflict neither are coming out as shining examples of humanity.

All the borders are closed, which is why the residents cannot leave Gaza. Trapped. Some aid can get in but that is it.

Exactly, why won't the Israelis let them film it.

So the make-a-wish kid is in the UK, not London of course, too many people who find him disagreeable, but having dinner at a palace! He can tick that one off his wish list. Disneyland only has a castle, so off to the UK to a real palace, and a real king. Tick, make a wish, one more dream come true. Seen that they have put out the flags for him, seeing on the news a nice one with his pedo best friend. But I am putting the man down, we should celebrate his successes.... struggling now, all his big policies, any success? Putin.. still invading Gaza.. still with hostages, no hell let lose Tariffs.. still waiting for a check from any other country.. but the US citizens are plugging the gap paying trillions more in taxes Groceries... it is an old fashioned word, Groceries, still not dropping in price Epstein files... no sight of them yet .. so let us celebrate his successes if you can find any.

Even BBC news can show that - and they arn't allowed to film in Gaza, can't have been a taxing inquiry. Plain as plain can be that genocide has been happening.

Would be a real shame if your photoshop was wrong JohnsonD, half an ear on the news, more than 9 arrested. But who are we to argue with linkedin, or 'blokedownthepubsays' website. ... and not forgetting your group of sober racists also managed to assault 26 police officers enough to injure them notably ... and of course Nottinghill has over 20 times the number of participants so a direct comparison as above is misleading ... but who are we to argue, facts over linkedin.

By default we drift into the Quayside on an afternoon so it is all up eventually - whether you are going down or up.