Robert Wright
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.
- 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.
- Reposted by Robert Wrightcan'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
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- Reposted by Robert WrightAndrew advocated for Epstein during Queen Elizabeth’s visit to UAE ft.trib.al/Uz3mMsY
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- 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...
- 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.
- Reposted by Robert WrightRotten. 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...
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- Reposted by Robert WrightFT 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...
- 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...
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- Reposted by Robert WrightHeroes come in many forms and this is one of them
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- Reposted by Robert WrightHead of Animal Husbandry applicants: Please look up what “Animal Husbandry” means before submitting your resume. We're begging you.
- 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.
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- Reposted by Robert WrightI’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...
- 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...
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- I had an epiphany this morning. I am an emotional labour shirker.
- Facebook keeps serving me adverts like this, encouraging me to book spaces in pubs to watch the Six Nations. So let me reiterate a point I’ve made before: it is not only unnecessary but positively unhelpful to take a rugby ball to the pub when watching a game on television.
- Reposted by Robert WrightThat these cases are still occurring with great regularity and apparently minimal effort to resolve them expeditiously suggests that the core problem lies in the Home Office, rather than necessarily the government of the day. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
- Reposted by Robert Wrightwe call our cat Harold Pinter because of his long paws!!! also he had an affair with Joan Bakewell
- Finally, an explanation for why her ambition was always so transparent:
