Randy Andy
Prince Andrew, Queen Elizabeth’s second son, has been in the news for abusing minors along with his disgraced friend Jeffrey Epstein, who committed suicide in a Manhattan jail in August 2019. There is growing outrage in Britain and all over the world because the Prince refuses to respond to US lawsuits which claim he assaulted underage girls. Virginia Giuffre is one of his American accusers who claims Prince Andrew sexually assaulted her three times in various locales provided by Jeffrey Epstein. Public anger is growing for the way Andrew has been consistently dismissive and complacent about the claims made against him. In fact, he and his legal advisors have been stonewalling the enquiry and last year, New York’s attorney general said that the Prince had given “zero cooperation” in the case. It’s no secret that the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, Andrew’s older brother, is deeply embarrassed by his brother’s conduct but the Queen appears to be determined to protect her second and favourite son. This has led to growing criticism of the monarchy as a patriarchal and misogynist institution. They may well have to sacrifice Prince Andrew to retain their legitimacy.
Hunky dory
The politicos got quite an earful, if Isloo’s wags are to be believed, when they met No 1 recently. When one of the late lamented Big Ben’s band began to speak, she was apparently told that the Party’s passage of the 18th Amendment had rendered the federal government bankrupt and moved all resources into the provinces. That, BTW, was the most significant achievement of Hubby’s government, but of course some people are very miffed about it. No 1 also spoke glowingly, we hear, of the beards next door and the peaceful transfer of power. Apparently, “we” look forward to a broad based government, which will be both reasonable and effective. Sources also say “we” waxed eloquent on the statesmanlike initiative of returning the fallen pilot to his senders way back in Feb 2019 when the Moody one delivered a sharp rebuke to us.
The real meat of the discussion (more of a monologue) was about the need to support The Great Khan and not go around whingeing and whining. Of course, no one had the courage to take exception to anything that was said, and all was hunky dory to the end.
