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@GeorgeMonbiot Seeing as you are now showing some interest but continue to refuse to join the dots many of us did at the time, maybe we can walk you through & help you in your investigation. 🧵
For instance, this individual is featured in the documentary. Do you know who she is?
For instance, this individual is featured in the documentary. Do you know who she is?
@GeorgeMonbiot How about this individual who has just been elevated to the Lords?
@GeorgeMonbiot Talking of Lords, maybe take a look at these individuals & their role in the AS in the LP 'topic'...
"Zero tolerance of antisemitism, racism or discrimination of any kind"
Really? 🧵...
Really? 🧵...
What about Barry Sheerman - an MP on the right of the Labour Party?
He sent two clearly antisemitic tweets in August 2020. Was the whip withdrawn? Was he suspended? No
thejc.com/news/uk/labour…
He sent two clearly antisemitic tweets in August 2020. Was the whip withdrawn? Was he suspended? No
thejc.com/news/uk/labour…
Keir Starmer appointed Martin Forde QC to investigate the #Labourleaks report.
Forde found that senior staff in the party insulted Diane Abbott, using “expressions of visceral disgust, drawing (consciously or otherwise) on racist tropes.”
The abusers remain Labour members.
Forde found that senior staff in the party insulted Diane Abbott, using “expressions of visceral disgust, drawing (consciously or otherwise) on racist tropes.”
The abusers remain Labour members.
Remember when a very rich man, humiliated by a leading tabloid newspaper, set about putting it out of business, and in the process we discovered that much of the media were operating as a criminal syndicate, and then it all went away again? Fun times.
We have no means to discuss public business as discursive equals. Every now and then a foreign news outlet - Al Jazeera, the New York Times - will document how hilariously bent our media-political institutions are. But at the moment there’s not much we can do.
This is why it is such a disaster that the trade unions haven’t invested in building their own communicative forms. Working people will have absolutely no chance against the Monster until they can make sense of what is happening on their own terms.
Five years ago today, Theresa May announced she was making a statement in Downing Street ...
... despite repeated assurances that "I'm not going to be calling a snap election", she called a snap election 🧵
... despite repeated assurances that "I'm not going to be calling a snap election", she called a snap election 🧵
The subject of the statement was not announced, speculation swirled: Had a Royal died? Was she resigning? Was she calling a snap election?
May wanted a bigger majority to deliver Brexit, and said the election was about two issues: Brexit & leadership
The press was enthused
May wanted a bigger majority to deliver Brexit, and said the election was about two issues: Brexit & leadership
The press was enthused
The pollsters at the time confirmed the confidence of the Tory press:
ComRes put the Conservatives on 50% and Labour on 25%.
YouGov had the Tories on 49% and Labour on 24%
ComRes put the Conservatives on 50% and Labour on 25%.
YouGov had the Tories on 49% and Labour on 24%
🧵 1) Our fourth episode examines the controversial Labour Party Regional Director for the South East, Teddy Ryan.
See our #BehindLabour reports every Wednesday, 1pm til 2pm every week, only on @Standup4Labour's show #NOTPMQs.
#Corruption #UKLabour
See our #BehindLabour reports every Wednesday, 1pm til 2pm every week, only on @Standup4Labour's show #NOTPMQs.
#Corruption #UKLabour
2) Behind Labour received many requests to look at Teddy Ryan, because of his central role in the #ItWasAScam hostile takeover of the Labour Party. Actioned with cash, logistical support, direction and encouragement from the right wing of the U.S. Democrat Party... shocking!
3) Ryan works as the South East Regional Director, out of their London-based office (yes we thought that was sad as well), after working underneath his partner Hollie Ridley in the East Of England Region. He makes MANY lofty claims about his achievements on his public profile.
No amount of whataboutery, legislation around personal data nor focus on context; will erase the vile toxicity of those exposed by the #LabourLeaks report.
If you joked that a member would burn in a fire, that you would not 'piss' on them to put it out & wished for a petrol emoji; no data breach will take away from the fact that you are a disgusting individual. There is no context that would make it anything other than abhorrent.
If you laughed at the fact that one of the most abused black politicians had been reduced to tears & then decided to tip a 'journalist' as to her location; no data breach will absolve you from being vile & probably a racist.
When antisemitism smears kicked in after 2015, it took most of us by surprise & we didn't call it out
By time we learned enough about the smearers & their tactics they already had a grip on the narrative & most ppl were afraid to challenge
But #ItWasAScam
Say. It. Loud.
By time we learned enough about the smearers & their tactics they already had a grip on the narrative & most ppl were afraid to challenge
But #ItWasAScam
Say. It. Loud.
I remember being attacked by Jeremy D*ns as an 'antisemite' for supporting Corbyn, really vile and vicious, quite scary. To be honest, these days I'd tell him to fuck off but when it was new to me it was disconcerting and I actually tried reasoning with him #ItWasAScam
And back then there were lots of memes & stuff about bankers etc, which many people hadn't realised were antisemitic tropes. Think we've been on a journey since then. But we ended up where you can't even use facts to criticise Israel without being called antisemitic from some
"Evidence contained in two detailed reports now suggests that the Labour Party’s failings in handling antisemitism complaints were, in large measure, not the fault of Corbyn. On the contrary, it seems that it is some of his fiercest critics who have a case to answer. Yet they
are in receipt of considerable quantities of Labour Party funds, while it is Corbyn who has had the whip withdrawn.
The choice facing Martin Forde QC is a simple one. Does he obfuscate and distort - trusting that, as with the EHRC report, a complicit and
The choice facing Martin Forde QC is a simple one. Does he obfuscate and distort - trusting that, as with the EHRC report, a complicit and
inept media will fail to probe and scrutinise his findings?
Or does he honestly investigate the reality of what happened within the Labour Party between 2015 and 2019 - no matter how embarrassing it is for Keir Starmer?" Peter Oborne
Or does he honestly investigate the reality of what happened within the Labour Party between 2015 and 2019 - no matter how embarrassing it is for Keir Starmer?" Peter Oborne
The Labour Party smears me again. And thousands of other former members and members who were accused falsely of antisemitism for supporting the human rights of others. Pretty soon they won’t have any members at all! mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
Like hundreds of thousands of others I joined the Labour Party in 2015 because I heard @jeremycorbyn speak. He was the first politician I had ever heard who was honest and respectful and answered every question asked sincerely. An intelligent, well read man.
A year later it suddenly became apparent that in spite of the smiles and applause at the time, Labour MPs weren’t going to stand for an honest leader. They resigned from his cabinet, one every hour, in a coordinated attempt to force him to resign.
It is now a year since the Forde Report was first meant to be published.
Corrupt factional Labour Right!
Why has justice still not been delivered in regards to racism, bullying and internal sabotage that was revealed in the #LabourLeak, @Keir_Starmer?
#Newsnight
Corrupt factional Labour Right!
Why has justice still not been delivered in regards to racism, bullying and internal sabotage that was revealed in the #LabourLeak, @Keir_Starmer?
#Newsnight
It's such a Tory tactic for Keir Starmer to point to a dodgily indefinitely delayed report for the reason he has still, a year on, not taken action against those who when working in Party HQ not only sabotaged from within but behaved in bullying and racist ways. #Newsnight
⬆️ Justice delayed is justice denied according to Keir Starmer's original profession.
So where the hell is the Forde Report @Keir_Starmer?
We know the excuse for its INDEFINITE DELAY is bollocks!
#LabourLeaks #Newsnight
So where the hell is the Forde Report @Keir_Starmer?
We know the excuse for its INDEFINITE DELAY is bollocks!
#LabourLeaks #Newsnight
Below are excerpts from (ex adviser to @johnmcdonnellMP) @JoeRRyle's blog with some of his submissions to the #FordeReport.
As with the #LabourLeaks report, it's hard to reconcile its contents with the media's characterisation of events
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Full article:
opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
As with the #LabourLeaks report, it's hard to reconcile its contents with the media's characterisation of events
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Full article:
opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
From the off Corbyn had suspicions [about how helpful party officials would be] but the extent of the plots against him went beyond anything that could be expected
It was Lab HQ's job to set up LOTO's and McDonnell's offices, but in Corbyn and McDonnell’s offices there were:
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It was Lab HQ's job to set up LOTO's and McDonnell's offices, but in Corbyn and McDonnell’s offices there were:
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* No handover notes
* Computers had gone missing
* Only ancient computers prone to crashing left, some without screens
* Offices not properly set up
* Desks without chairs
A lot more went on than was revealed in the #LabourLeaks report
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* Computers had gone missing
* Only ancient computers prone to crashing left, some without screens
* Offices not properly set up
* Desks without chairs
A lot more went on than was revealed in the #LabourLeaks report
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After the Labour leaks report, it was tempting to think the centrists' game was up - the cat was out of the bag, their lies and viciousness had finally been exposed. But they have the media and the establishment on their side - truth counts for little
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scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2004…
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scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2004…
We need to keep reminding ourselves what happened. They knew it was all lies but if the media repeated them constantly, they would become the truth
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BBC Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis retweeted a thread that all but described Corbyn as a Nazi:
"Goodbye Jeremy Corbyn. They said you don’t have an antisemitic bone in your body. That may be true, but your brain is full of it...[etc.]"
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"Goodbye Jeremy Corbyn. They said you don’t have an antisemitic bone in your body. That may be true, but your brain is full of it...[etc.]"
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I can think of nothing that Jeremy Corbyn needs to apologise for.
Keir Starmer on the other hand should apologise for his:
- 'No ifs, no buts' comment & his continued failure to listen to teachers, parents, unions
- constant 'I support the govt/PM' comments 1/4
Keir Starmer on the other hand should apologise for his:
- 'No ifs, no buts' comment & his continued failure to listen to teachers, parents, unions
- constant 'I support the govt/PM' comments 1/4
- systematic abandoning of his 10 pledges which were clearly just a leadership election con
- constant courting of media outlets that regularly attack & demonise the powerless
- whipping LAB to abstain on votes that seriously attack human rights 2/2
- constant courting of media outlets that regularly attack & demonise the powerless
- whipping LAB to abstain on votes that seriously attack human rights 2/2
- gigantic flip-flop & obvious hypocrisy on Brexit
- failure to support Black MPs & members
- #LabourLeaks & #FordeReport debacle
- adoption of a fueled by focus group, flags, family, business & monarchy agenda, full of sound-bite but bereft of substance 3/3
- failure to support Black MPs & members
- #LabourLeaks & #FordeReport debacle
- adoption of a fueled by focus group, flags, family, business & monarchy agenda, full of sound-bite but bereft of substance 3/3
Well that’s it. I am quitting @UKLabour. I don’t expect anyone to care, but let me explain via this thread why, so as to act as a cathartic cleansing for my soul.
I could have quit....
When Starmer won the leadership without releasing his list of big money donors during the leadership contest.
When Starmer won the leadership without releasing his list of big money donors during the leadership contest.
I could have quit....
When early on it looked like he was reigning in on his promise not to talk to The S*n
When early on it looked like he was reigning in on his promise not to talk to The S*n
1. A timeline of Jeremy Corbyn’s key interventions and public statements about tackling antisemitism...
2. In April 2016 Jeremy Corbyn said he wanted to ensure the party took robust action against any member expressing anti-Jewish sentiments.
#LabourLeaks show Corbyn emailed then General Secretary Iain McNicol in April about antisemitic tweets, asking the party to take action.
#LabourLeaks show Corbyn emailed then General Secretary Iain McNicol in April about antisemitic tweets, asking the party to take action.
3. #LabourLeaks also show emails where Corbyn and John McDonnell make proposals to tackle antisemitism including efficient processes, detailed guidance on antisemitism, and forming a group of Jewish communal bodies and representatives to advise the Party on tackling antisemitism.
Since the start of Starmer's leadership which also coincided with #LabourLeaks I feel there has been an attempt to shut down member democracy and participation. Never in the past three years have CLPs received such prescriptive guidance around what we are or aren't allowed to do.
COVID I think provides a convenient excuse given that the recent lift on the online meeting ban was not accompanied bybany measures to improve accessibility which surely negates any justification for the ban previously.
The vague language around "legal advice" also feels like it's banking on the fact that CLP officers are not legal experts so will just have to quietly comply. The idea that we should just trust a party that has so far behaved in such factional ways is laughable.
1/5 The name Portland Communications crops up a lot ...
(founded by former Blair aide Tim Allan)
thecanary.co/uk/2016/06/29/…
#LabourLeaks
(founded by former Blair aide Tim Allan)
thecanary.co/uk/2016/06/29/…
#LabourLeaks
2/5 "When asked whether ...Portland had given informal advice to Corbyn’s opponents, Pauley admitted: "The answer is I don’t know, I have no idea at all but the accusation that the agency has been in any way involved in this is complete nonsense.""
prweek.com/article/140100…
prweek.com/article/140100…
3/5 Alastair Campbell is/was Portland Communications’ “strategic counsel”
1/ Thread on Starmer and the mess he's got himself into (1/11)
The thing about the #LabourLeaks fiasco is that it didn't have to be fiasco. That it is, is down entirely to Starmer.
The thing about the #LabourLeaks fiasco is that it didn't have to be fiasco. That it is, is down entirely to Starmer.
2/ All he had to do is what Corbyn did, stay out of party squabbles, leave it to due process via the General Secretary and/or NEC to sort out. The same way PM's stay out of legal cases. Something you think a QC like Starmer should know by instinct.
3/ Yet he got involved from the start; not allowing due process to take place, eg suspensions pending investigation of the allegations in the leaks; starting an inquiry into how the leak happened not the allegations.
Today at 5pm is the deadline for evidence to the Forde Inquiry into the #LabourLeaks. But the mainstream media didn't want us, the voters, to know what was being done to nobble the one chance that we had of defeating the #Tories. Why? Because so many of them had that objective.
That thread shows that if @guardian's journalists had been doing their job, they could have discovered & told us what @JoeRRyle & others had found: "Not only did they not want Labour to win under Corbyn, they seemed to be actively trying to lose." opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
How do we know for a fact that so many MSM journalists didn't want #JeremyCorbyn to succeed, or at best were merely 'doing the job' their employers had told them to do? @lborouniversity has the numbers for #GE2019: lboro.ac.uk/news-events/ge…
1/3 "The most shocking sabotage I personally witnessed was an encounter with the notoriously difficult regional offices who were often the most ideologically opposed to the Corbyn regime."
#LabourLeaks
#LabourLeaks
2/3 "At my request, attempts were made to organise a rally for John McDonnell via one of the regional offices. Given that John was one of the most senior members of the shadow cabinet, I expected my request to be met with enthusiasm. "
#LabourLeaks
#LabourLeaks
3/3 When I found out that the location they had chosen was in the middle of nowhere I was left flabbergasted. I was told this tactic had been used before – apparently to avoid lots of members showing up and being won round by the new regime
#LabourLeaks
opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
#LabourLeaks
opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
A THREAD 1/x
In 2014 Luciana Berger received truly horrible antisemitic abuse from a coordinated attack by a right wing group.
This was the abuse that later led to her requiring security, during court cases against some of these vile individuals.
thejc.com/news/uk/neo-na…
In 2014 Luciana Berger received truly horrible antisemitic abuse from a coordinated attack by a right wing group.
This was the abuse that later led to her requiring security, during court cases against some of these vile individuals.
thejc.com/news/uk/neo-na…
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REMEMBER - The Labour leader at this time was Ed Miliband. A Jew himself.
Look how it was reported. @DPJHodges did this piece in the Telegraph.
It criticises Ed Miliband but praises John Mann - and then uses it to attach Miliband on Israel.
telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/…
REMEMBER - The Labour leader at this time was Ed Miliband. A Jew himself.
Look how it was reported. @DPJHodges did this piece in the Telegraph.
It criticises Ed Miliband but praises John Mann - and then uses it to attach Miliband on Israel.
telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/…
3/x February 2015
The next year with the court cases against the vile antisemites starting we had these reports - Ed Miliband was still leader
It gives details of the messages Luciana Berger received. Truly disgusting
> Rat imagery
> Star of David
confidentials.com/liverpool/secu…
The next year with the court cases against the vile antisemites starting we had these reports - Ed Miliband was still leader
It gives details of the messages Luciana Berger received. Truly disgusting
> Rat imagery
> Star of David
confidentials.com/liverpool/secu…
. #T4TMTHREADS 1/X
The Jewish Chronicle nearly went bankrupt last year.
It was saved by a consortium
⏭️Robbie Gibb, a former BBC executive
⏭️William Shawcross, of neolib Policy Exchange
⏭️Blairite John Woodcock
⏭️anti-Corbyn journalist John Ware
theguardian.com/media/2020/apr…
The Jewish Chronicle nearly went bankrupt last year.
It was saved by a consortium
⏭️Robbie Gibb, a former BBC executive
⏭️William Shawcross, of neolib Policy Exchange
⏭️Blairite John Woodcock
⏭️anti-Corbyn journalist John Ware
theguardian.com/media/2020/apr…
2/X So more about 'Robbie Gibb'
Robbie was Theresa May's comms director and oversaw the clearly biased period on #Newsnight
Robbie is SCARED OF TWITTER.
He doesn't appreciate 'the right of reply' that Twitter provides.
Robbie was Theresa May's comms director and oversaw the clearly biased period on #Newsnight
Robbie is SCARED OF TWITTER.
He doesn't appreciate 'the right of reply' that Twitter provides.
3/x This article discusses Robbie Gibb's anxiety about how Twitter has changed the political landscape.
pressgazette.co.uk/ex-bbc-westmin…
pressgazette.co.uk/ex-bbc-westmin…
My article in @GreenWorld_UK on
BAME LIFE CHANCES, COVID INEQUALITY AND DEATH
Pls RT and share
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BAME LIFE CHANCES, COVID INEQUALITY AND DEATH
Pls RT and share
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How is structural prejudice on racial grounds laid bare in our collective response to the Coronavirus pandemic? How can we use the galvanising force of a global crisis to properly tackle racial and social inequality?
A third of people in intensive care for Covid-19 are also from BAME backgrounds; greatly disproportionate to their population.
Who, if anyone, is to blame? Greens rightly continue to interrogate statements and assumptions made by the government.
Who, if anyone, is to blame? Greens rightly continue to interrogate statements and assumptions made by the government.
A short thread about the Labour Party
I first joined the Labour Party in 1983. And sad to say, the current #LabourLeaks revelations do not surprise me (though the details in black and white are still shocking to read). The Party bureaucracy has not changed.
I first joined the Labour Party in 1983. And sad to say, the current #LabourLeaks revelations do not surprise me (though the details in black and white are still shocking to read). The Party bureaucracy has not changed.
It was in the '80s that the old Trade Union right wing started to work with the up and coming bureaucrats who came out of the National Organisation of Labour Students (John Mann was a big player). Then, as now, their primary motivation was to destroy the socialist left.
They would accuse the left of "entrism", of being "undemocratic", at the same time as using every bureaucratic (not to say Stalinist) manoeuvre against us. I was elected to the Yorkshire Regional Executive (now known as the Regional Board).
