A year ago, the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn declared all-out war on the BBC. Why? Because of a Panorama programme in which seven former Labour party staffers blew the whistle about anti-Semitism in Corbyn’s Labour Party. They explained how they felt a growing factionalism under Corbyn had created a safe space for anti-Semitic views … Read more
Jeremy Corbyn is facing legal action after criticising Labour’s decision to apologise and pay damages to anti-Semitism whistleblowers who highlighted failings under his leadership of the party. Seven former party staff members and journalist John Ware are bringing a case against the former opposition leader after he attacked successor Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to settle a … Read more
Labour will pay ‘substantial damages’ to seven whistleblowers over ‘defamatory and false allegations’ made after BBC Panorama anti-Semitism probe Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party made formal apology to whistleblowers today Move as part of a settlement is a clear breach with policy under Jeremy Corbyn Whistleblowers sued party for defamation after BBC Panorama probe last … Read more
Revealed: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer led the charge to allow ISIS bride Shamima Begum to return to Britain amid signs of a split among Tory MPs Sir Keir Starmer led a chorus of support for Shamima Begum’s return last year He said in 2019 that stripping Begum of UK citizenship ‘was the wrong decision’ The … Read more
Keir and loathing for Labour leader as supportive union boss’s early retirement sparks fears his replacement may undermine him Unite’s Len McCluskey is to depart a year before his term in office was due to end The union has put increased pressure on Sir Keir Starmer since taking the reins Potential successors have warned they … Read more
How Russians worked to get LABOUR elected: Moscow hackers ‘almost certainly’ spread leaked documents on US-UK trade talks that were used by Jeremy Corbyn during campaign Government says Russians involved in spreading leaked material during election Documents on US-UK trade talks were used by Jeremy Corbyn as an attack line He claimed they showed the … Read more
Labour will make a formal apology to seven of its former staffers who called out antisemitism within the party in a BBC Panorama investigation last year. The whistleblowers took legal action against the Labour party soon after the documentary aired last July, claiming senior figures in the party had made defamatory statements about their characters … Read more
Alarm bells for Boris Johnson as HALF of voters say Keir Starmer has boosted their view of the Labour Party as his leadership passes first 100 days Keir Starmer is marking his first 100 days in post as the Labour leader tomorrow Poll finds his ratings are higher than those of Boris Johnson across the … Read more
Andrew Twentyman makes the best pizza in Leigh in Greater Manchester. But he’s a working man who doesn’t like Jeremy Corbyn. And for that he had to be destroyed. ‘Can you imagine what state we’d be in if Jeremy Corbyn had been in charge of all this?’ the former Labour supporter told The Guardian newspaper … Read more
Jeremy Corbyn ‘made a last-ditch bid’ to secure peerages for ex-Speaker John Bercow and his former deputy Tom Watson He had put both controversial figures forward for elevation to the Upper House But they are understood to have been rejected after the usual vetting process He may have made a new bid just before he … Read more