So the American Attorney General is being ‘grilled’ over the Epstein files. A delightful spectacle: a nation that prides itself on transparency reduced to stonewalling its oldest ally. Great Britain, the mother of parliaments, now demands full disclosure from the wayward colony.
How the tables have turned. We are witnessing a festival of hypocrisy, a ritual dance where everyone pretends that the Epstein scandal is a matter of due process rather than a damning indictment of the global elite. The US, that beacon of accountability, suddenly discovers the virtues of opacity.
And we, the British, with our own shameful history of aristocratic vice, tut-tut from the sidelines. But let us not be deceived. This is not about Epstein’s victims; it is about power.
The files contain names, and names are currency. The US fears the fallout. We fear it too.
So we demand transparency from others while guarding our own secrets. It is the oldest trick in the imperial playbook. And yet, we persist.
The UK demands ‘full transparency’. Meaning: we want to see your dirty laundry, but ours remains locked away. This is not justice.
This is geopolitical barter. The Epstein case is a mirror held up to our decadent age: a world where the rich and connected traffic in human misery, and justice is a theatre. The US Attorney General’s grilling is a farce.
But it is our farce too. We watch, we moralise, we forget. Until the next scandal breaks.
And the cycle continues.
