Labour Party
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This is the bogus anti-Semitism report that sank Jeremy Corbyn
The road to Jeremy Corbyn’s political downfall began at Oxford University Labour Club in February 2016. A rogue inquiry by a Labour staffer with close ties to the Israeli embassy included fabricated allegations of anti-Semitism. It destroyed the lives of several pro-Corbyn students sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. Continue reading
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Russia Report: Short on Details, But Long on Recommendations for Sweeping New Intelligence Powers
The much hyped Russia Report, detailing supposed foreign interference in British democracy has been released. The story is the number one topic in the United Kingdom right now, with new Labour leader Keir Starmer calling for Russian TV network RT to be kicked out of the country, and promising to make this new national security… Continue reading
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Has the UK’s “Labour anti-Semitism” probe been rigged?
The UK’s official equality watchdog is facing questions over its impartiality after it was revealed that one of its commissioners failed to declare financial links to the ruling Conservative Party. Continue reading
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Keir Starmer’s ‘antisemitism’ sacking is a signal that Israel is safe in his hands
Crackdown by UK Labour leader on left-wing rival will subdue critics of Israel in his party ahead of Israel’s annexation move Continue reading
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Starmer’s Love Affair with Zionism Could Prove Fatal for Labour
Sir Keir Starmer, whose scalp has been dangling on the lodge-pole of the Board of Deputies since Day One of his leadership of the Labour Party, has sacked his rival Rebecca Long-Bailey from his front bench for – apparently – indulging in “antisemitic conspiracy theories”. Continue reading
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Labour Suspensions Over Leaked Antisemitism Report Include Former Senior Official Emilie Oldknow
The Labour party has suspended former senior staffer Emilie Oldknow along with several others, amid an ongoing investigation into a leaked report into antisemitism in the party, Novara Media has learned. Continue reading
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Palestinians win damages over “Labour anti-Semitism” libel
The UK’s Palestinian Return Centre revealed to The Electronic Intifada on Friday that it won more than $43,000 in libel damages against The Mail on Sunday. Continue reading
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Five questions for new Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer about his UK and US national security establishment links
The public deserves answers about the UK’s new opposition leader and his relationship with the British national security establishment, including the MI5 and the Times newspaper, his former role in the Julian Assange case and his membership in the intelligence-linked Trilateral Commission. Continue reading
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Labour report reveals how Jeremy Corbyn was sabotaged from within
An internal investigation has found that top Labour Party officials sabotaged Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, including by trying to lose the 2017 UK election. The report also suggests that the same people who tried to undermine Corbyn were themselves the ones who were slow to respond to allegations of anti-Semitism — another weapon that was used… Continue reading
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‘The People Have Spoken. Bastards’: Leaked Labour Report Shows Party’s Own Senior Staff Acted To Keep Corbyn Out Of Power
In the June 2017 UK general election, Labour under Jeremy Corbyn came within a whisker of power. If just 2,227 votes had gone the other way, seven Tory knife-edge constituencies would have been won by Labour, putting Corbyn in a strong position to lead a coalition government. Continue reading
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How top Labour officials plotted to bring down Jeremy Corbyn
For the first time, extensive internal correspondence between senior party officials has been revealed, proving a years-long plot to destroy Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader who recently stepped down. Continue reading
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Labour’s next leader has already betrayed the left
In declaring their support for Zionism, the three contenders for Corbyn’s crown are offering only the cynical politics of old Continue reading
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Labour Party leadership candidates profess Zionism at Jewish Labour Movement hustings
Labour members will begin voting for the new leader of the party this week. Of the original contenders, three remain—right-wingers Sir Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy and the chosen candidate of the Corbyn “left,” Rebecca Long-Bailey. Continue reading
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Poll: Labour members say anti-Semitism crisis “invented”
Almost three quarters of the UK Labour Party’s members agree that the anti-Semitism crisis in the party has been “invented or wildly exaggerated.” Continue reading
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Labour’s Leadership Candidates Need a Reckoning, Not a Whitewash
One of the most striking things about periods of profound political upheaval is the inconsistency. The Corbyn moment, which has (for the moment at least) transformed both Labour and the political perspectives of the left as a whole, is no different. Continue reading
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Rebecca Long-Bailey Labour leadership campaign marks end of “project Corbyn”
The nominally “left” candidate in the Labour Party leadership contest, Rebecca-Long Bailey, launched her campaign at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Friday. The event confirmed that four years of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership have changed nothing fundamental about the Labour Party. Continue reading
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UK: Lead Us Not Into Oblivion
The simple response of course is to blame it all on Corbyn. Let’s face it, no more comprehensive bogeyman has ever been offered to the British electorate. Continue reading
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UK general election result confirms protracted death of the Labour Party
Analysts have pored over the results of Britain’s December 12 general election to account for the victory of Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party and the massive losses sustained by Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. Continue reading
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“Anyone to my left is an antisemite”
Labour’s massive loss to the Tories has bummed out a lot of people. Everyone’s discussing it and arguing about what went wrong and who’s to blame. I don’t have any special insight into UK politics, but one thing that really shocked me about the election is the way that Jewish identity and fabricated charges of… Continue reading