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HUNDREDS of thousands of protestors are threatening to bring Britain to a halt this week over Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament.
The People’s Vote campaign claims to have 97 demos ready to go. And Labour’s Momentum are joining them to target 24 towns and cities.
Yesterday thousands took to the streets of Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, Leeds, York, Newcastle, Glasgow, Belfast and Brighton.
London’s Whitehall was brought to a standstill amid chants of: “Boris Johnson, shame on you.”
Shadow chancellor John Mcdonnell told them: “Boris Johnson, this is not about Parliament versus the people. This is about you versus the people.”
Demonstrators stopped traffic in the West End quitting this July for the Ulster post. Mr Hurd has also served as Minister for London since November 2018.
Before becoming the MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner in 2005, he worked for a British bank based in Brazil.
It is believed Epstein acquired the contact details around the time Mr Hurd set up the Small Business Network, which he started in 2002 to advise the Conservative Party on business policy.
The revelation came as images emerged of former Labour spin doctor Lord Mandelson – another pal of Maxwell and also listed in Epstein’s contact book – holidaying with the disgraced financier on St Barts in the Caribbean. The shot were taken in 2005, just six months before Epstein was arrested for having sex with a minor.
It was claimed yesterday that Maxwell could face raps as investigators close in on the women who allegedly helped Epstein systematically abuse girls. US federal authorities are preparing possible charges that include sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy against people who arranged Epstein’s alleged crimes, two sources close to the probe told The New York Times.
So far, no Epstein associates have been charged or named as co-conspirators.
But Maxwell, who denies any wrongdoing, and others have been accused in private lawsuits of recruiting, training and maintaining a network of teenage girls that Epstein used for sex.
The Duke of York, who faces growing pressure to reveal what he knew, has said that on no occasion did he “see, witness or suspect” any inappropriate behaviour by Epstein. Andrew, 59, embarrassed the Palace when he was pictured strolling with the convicted paedophile in New York in 2010, following his jail release.
And footage shot a day after the snap was taken emerged recently, showing him in Epstein’s £70million Manhattan mansion – which the financier’s alleged victims refer to as the House of Horrors.
In 2008, Epstein admitted state charges of procuring a person under 18 for prostitution and felony solicitation of prostitution. He got 18 months under a plea deal but served just 13.
He committed suicide on August 10 while awaiting trial on one count of sex trafficking of a minor and one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.