Letter that seems intended to let Harpin off hook for yet another smear against left woman activist in fact puts him firmly on it
Libel-ridden right-wing hack Lee Harpin’s friends among the Labour right-wingers mis-running the party’s disciplinary units seemed to try to get him off yet another libel hook today when Labour sent Liverpool women’s rights activist Audrey White a letter notifying her that she had been expelled from the party.
Harpin had falsely claimed that White had been expelled before she humiliated Keir Starmer on camera when Labour’s ‘leader’ foolishly dared tried to use Liverpool for a ‘photo opp’, after a series of betrayals and attacks on Labour members in the city.
And in the expulsion letter that arrived today – five days after she was lauded for giving Starmer a dose of scrutiny and righteous indignation – tried to claim that she had been expelled since February, but that an ‘admin error’ meant that the party hadn’t got round to notifying her. The party continued to debit her for her membership subscription as it does with all suspended members, so it’s clear that she was only expelled today.
But the expulsion letter also proves that Ms White was thoroughly libelled yet again by the woeful hack, whose ‘litany of lies‘ against her have already cost his former employer, the right-wing Jewish Chronicle ‘substantial’ pay-outs and apologies – because in his tweet earlier this week, Harpin claimed that she had been ‘suspended over antisemitism claims‘ in 2020 and clearly implies that she was expelled for the same reason and implies she was therefore being dishonest when she told Starmer she was a party member:
But the expulsion letter doesn’t mention a word about antisemitism. Instead, it informs Audrey White that she has been expelled for supporting Socialist Appeal, a group she was perfectly entitled to support at the time she did it, but which the cowardly Labour right have retrospectively banned and support for which, when it was ok to do so, has retrospectively been made an expulsion offence:
And Ms White confirmed to Skwawkbox that her suspension letter from the party in late 2020 specified the same reasons, with no mention of antisemitism or even the weasel-worded ‘complaints of antisemitism’.
Harpin’s tweet falsely alleging antisemitism as the cause of the suspension and expulsion triggered a number of his right-wing fellow-travellers to put out their own abusive tweets toward Ms White and he has been crowing on his social media as if he has been vindicated, when in fact the letter does the opposite of what he seemed to think.
Lee Harpin’s ‘litany of lies‘ about Audrey White forced his then-employer, the Jewish Chronicle to pay significant compensation to Audrey White along with an unconditional apology for the smears it printed. Harpin now writes for the Jewish News, but published these tweets on his personal Twitter account.
Ms White told Skwawkbox that she has begun discussions with her lawyers. Other lawyers have offered pro bono support, while many grassroots left-wingers, outraged at the continued lies fired at the left in an arrogant presumption of impunity, have said that they will contribute to her legal costs if she proceeds with legal action.
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In fact a search reveals that in December 2020
Lee Harpin claimed Audrey had been suspended
because of antisemitism where I have
capitalised headline
“LABOUR SUSPENDS LIVERPOOL ACTIVIST
AUDREY WHITE
Party confirms allegations under investigation involve antisemitism”
December 9th 2020
A link was provided in previous post ..
So in February 2020 Harpin apologises to Audrey
and a few short months later he AGAIN publishes
untruths about her .. he can’t stop himself!
HolbyFanMw
It also appears a particular person that works for the party can’t stop themselves from leaking false information to Harpin.
Reply to Back of Beyond
It would appear to be much worse than that – it seems Starmers Labour did not expel Audrey for anything never mind antisemitism in Feb but have expelled her now, it seems, in order to provide Harpin with some sort of defence.
Lee Harpin clearly harbours great animosity towards Audrey to the extent that not only did he libel her 4 times previously but he is persisting in doing so by branding her an ” antisemite.”
I hope she takes legal action against him again and the court teaches him a lesson this time. He needs to know that just because he disagrees with someone or dislikes them or their politics intensely he cannot trash their reputation by calling them a racist who has a deep seated hated of Jews because they are Jews. This is an exact definition of what an antisemite is and is what makes the smear so damaging and so deeply insulting.
Regarding who leaked the misinformation about Audrey it could have been any of the right wingers staffers. The Forde Report exposed how they treated Jeremy Corbyn and as Audrey is a socialist, an older female and is virtually powerless , its very possible that they saw her as an easy target and fed Harpin the line about her her being expelled for antisemitism. He didn’t even bother to check it out before publicly vilifying her so I don’t know what defence could possibly be.
I really wish Audrey well as do all of us who are sick and tired of the casual way people bandy about the word ” antisemite” in order to cause harm and reputational damage to others when they know full well what real antisemitism is and where it can lead. Shame on anyone who trivialised this vile form of racism or who wrongly accuses good decent woman like Audrey of it just because they don’t like her or her politics
I wonder who it was that suddenly discovered the ‘admin error’, and discovered it five/six months after it was made, and just five days after Audrey confronted Starmer. What a coincidence, eh. And I wonder how they happened to come across it?
Yep, fascists at work, yet AGAIN! Just imagine it, a small group of the LP hierarchy sitting down together and contriving this. And needless to say, every single so-called journalist who conspired in the smear campaign against Jeremy KNOWS that they did, but they won’t have anything to say about it of course!
Allan – Or perhaps they were simply prompted to dig out the ‘paperwork’ by recent events. 🤔
Not a peep from the wee nonce apologist, I see.
No surprise there. All his excuses and his we must wait and see bollocks has gone to shit…again.
Same as it ever was….
Toffee – What are you expecting me to write?
I’m quite happy to leave the ranting in your very capable hands.
Not much making excuses for keef and his bunch of shithouses on THIS thread, are ya?
Despicable nonce apologist.
Toffee – I don’t recall making excuses for anybody on this or on the other threads relating to this story.
I’m expecting you to write that for the cunteenth time your defence of the defenceless has been exposed as a load of bollocks.
Not only do you continually mitigate for a leader who has proven he will happily allow children to go hungry (as well as NOT prosecute filthy nonsense child sexual abusers)
You sneer at those who are far nearer the mark behind the vindictiveness and shithousery than you’ve ever been and can ever hope to be.
You have also tried to muddy the waters in defence of a rodent who has libelled someone as antisemitic and obviously carries some sort of grudge.
Your Magda Goebbels style fanatical deification of keef shows us all what you are.
But it is, as I say, your defence of the nonce non- prosecutor and would be child-starver demonstrates what you’re about unmistakeably .
For someone who claimed to have been headhunted by three schools you should never be allowed anywhere within 500 yards of children.
You’re a disgrace.
Toffee – I’m expecting you to write that for the cunteenth time your defence of the defenceless has been exposed as a load of bollocks.
Can you provide some examples of me doing this on either this or the related threads
Not only do you continually mitigate for a leader who has proven he will happily allow children to go hungry (as well as NOT prosecute filthy nonsense child sexual abusers)
What a ridiculous thing to say. Have you forgotten that it was Corbyn and his team that gifted the Tories a licence to do whatever they want
You sneer at those who are far nearer the mark behind the vindictiveness and shithousery than you’ve ever been and can ever hope to be.
Do you mean f’wits like you?
You have also tried to muddy the waters in defence of a rodent who has libelled someone as antisemitic and obviously carries some sort of grudge.
I’ve not even referred to Harpin let alone defended him. You are welcome to try and prove otherwise.
But it is, as I say, your defence of the nonce non- prosecutor and would be child-starver demonstrates what you’re about unmistakeably .
Yet more nonsense and lies, Both Savil’s victims and their solicitors disagree with your lies.
For someone who claimed to have been headhunted by three schools you should never be allowed anywhere within 500 yards of children.
As I have pointed out to you on many other occasions I have never claimed this, as on the many previous occasions I again invite you to prove otherwise
You’re a disgrace.
I’m not the self confessed Tory Boy who’s spreading lies and Tory propaganda.
Defence of the indefensible**
Ranting!? Everybody rants, but you and your Thatcherite Globalist Neo-Labour Party TORIES, ANOTHER of your many Goebbels traits!
Some people speak with passion and refuse to be subjected to the apparently monotone TEXT TYPING of the Mainstream SHEEPLE!
Some people like to use crass words, exclamations, capitals, to express themselves. If you don’t like it simply don’t do it and don’t read it! However, your natural Mainstream TORY SHEEPLE mode would not allow you the Freedom of Expression, anyway!
You fucking TORIES are a Joke! An Absolute Joke!
What a ridiculous thing to say. Have you forgotten that it was Corbyn and his team that gifted the Tories a licence to do whatever they want
Have YOU forgotten your shithouse of an excuse that it wouldn’t matter anyway had keef NOT ORDERED his members to ABSTAIN?
Excusing that…With something as cowardly as THAT makes you nothing but a shithouse nonce-apologist.
I’ve not even referred to Harpin let alone defended him. You are welcome to try and prove otherwise.
Don’t need to It’s there in black and white what your game is.
Yet more nonsense and lies, Both Savil’s victims and their solicitors disagree with your lies.
The only nonsense is YOU. The buck stops with keef…And his mealy-mouthed, shithouse apologies for the fact. WHY apologise if he wasn’t to blame? He’s quick to say hr prosecuted huhne when he had fuck all to do with it, but savile was fuck all to do with him?
Nope. Won’t wash. Nonce apologist (exhibit B)
As I have pointed out to you on many other occasions I have never claimed this, as on the many previous occasions I again invite you to prove otherwise
You’ve claimed many other things previously and have been shown to be the liar. I don’t need proof. You’ve been pulled on this by other posters as well as me…Are we ALL making it up? Bet you think that about those girls in rochdale (Amongst other places) who nobody believed. I seem to remember a few of them were prosecuted too…. But nothing to do with keef, eh?
I’m not the self confessed Tory Boy who’s spreading lies and Tory propaganda.
Aren’t ya?
You’re the tory without the guts to admit to being one….Just like keef – in who’s defence who you’ll perpetually spew out ream after ream of bullshit; pleading that he isn’t tory.
What’s he done to prove he’s labour?
Reneged on EACH AND EVERY ONE of his ten pledges?
Purged the left by making spurious claims of antisemitism as well as retrospectively proscribing organisations that might show dissent to his piss-poor performances?
Told the lords to allow kids to starve by ORDERING them to abstain?
Sacked MPs for joining picket lines?
Made plans to dole out LESS than the toerags over the cost of living payments?
Openly BRAGGED about supporting THE most corrupt goverment in all history?
You’re in NO position to accuse anyone on here of being tory.
Dirty, disgusting nonce apologist that you are. You’re of NO use to society.
Toffee – So all you have to offer by way of a riposte is yet another pointless rant full of excuses.
Likewise petal, likewise!
You somehow seem to forget to mention the 4y 3m+++ of Internal Sabotage, Coup, Lies, the Antisemitic fake-Antisemitism smears, withholding of campaign funds, etc, etc, etc vicious onslaught against the 20% UK Labour Party by your 80% Parasite Infestation, The Thatcherite Globalist Neoliberal Neo-Labour Party TORIES!
You are TORY FILTH and trying to blame the UK Labour Party for your Neo-Labour Party TORY NASTINESS, says all about you and yours that needs to be known!
8 Minutes (for SH to respond to Toffee)!
…..and 🥱
And, it’s obviously a full-time occupation!
Allan – For goodness sake grow up
So how many years is it now that you’ve been posting on here in practically every thread practically every single day? You must have posted over 100,000 comments by now.
Conratulations!
Allan – I’ve absolutely no idea, I thought you’d volunteered your services. Given that you are so obviously prone to exaggeration I was obviously wrong to rely on you?
Most of us share The Toffee’s opinion of the entryist stalking these comment sections.
But instead of being misdirected by some saddo attention seeking neoliberal troll perhaps we can get back on track?
Can we persuade Skwawkbox to ask Audrey if she needs a fighting fund, and to let us know how to make contributions to her legal campaign if necessary.
And if anyone else has any fightback strategies please chip in with ideas. Let’s not get sidetracked.
Many years ago people used to take the labour party seriously and although it was infected with the right wing virus they managed to put on a respectable front.Nowadays the new gang are a laughing stock and a mirror of just how far down the drain these criminals have sunk.
“Whats the point of a labour party thats not a opposition but a tribute band?
Strummer says on the front page of the guardian that the party must move from a party of protest to a party of government to help “working people”
how very original them comments “not” on working people “.Weve heard that before from the conservative and unionist party who only support” working “people not anyone else the vulnerable adult population and children,…elderly people?…..disabled?…unemployed?…and people who supply free round the clock care for relatives?This labour party is a force for evil and must go .
and get behind a New Labour movement….?..take the name as well and watch the votes come in. …
…
THE DEMOCRATIC LABOUR PARTY, affiliated to the trade unions
THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST PARTY!
Just, so there’s no misunderstandings.
Good one Steve hilling and George peel,but the brand is important and I prefer socialist party my years tell me that the labour brand would attract the voters because of a brand name thats a fact of life.Socialism is a easy target that the voters need but are frightened of..The DLP does slightly worrying for somone of my background but the democratic labour party sounds okay and New Labour party would amuse me to see the old blairite brand name rammed down Strummers throat..I wonder when the SCG will realise that the partys over and they will be picked off slowly but surely whatever they promise starmer….better to get behind Jeremy and convince him that they won’t run away again and show solidarity in a ready made party and members….heres hoping!.never forget we own the word labour not a bunch of criminals and fascist perverts who have been paid to hijack the labour party.
I would love to see an umbrella Party, where all independents and smaller offshoots can have a United Voice For The PEOPLE, but also remain independent working from a central Parliament like environment, working together but remaining independent, something in the lines of PAL. A Party for The PEOPLE, a home for Communists, Socialists, Anarchists, etc.
Perhaps if we can clear UNITE the Union of their Parasite Infestation they could form UNITE the Union and The UNITED Party of The PEOPLE. It would give the independents a hell of a lot of clout and imagine when Councils are taken over by UNITE and people can see the difference between corruption free Politics and the Status Quo.
Joseph, it would distinguish from social democrats.
People like Philips and Streeting. That list is long.
Democratic Socialist, or they’re out on their ear.
No more ‘broad church’ nonsense.
Joseph – “Strummer”. I don’t know whether it was fortuitous or pure genius but thanks. It conjure up a perfect linkage in my mind …….. Strummer ……….. The Clash …………. Should I Stay or Should I Go.
I don’t think that there’s any doubt about the answer.
What chance the MSM investigating this?
Does the UK really need FOUR right-wing TV news channels?
Sky News, BBC News; Talk TV and GB News.
Five if you include Channel 4’s news coverage, certainly no friend of the left.
Andrew Neil is widely held to be our best political interviewer, but he’s so right-wing and biased, he can only quiz from the right. If he were to give Starmer a grilling, the 10 broken pledges wouldn’t be mentioned it’d all be about serving under Corbyn and a rehash of the bogus antisemitism allegations.
How can the UK have pluralistic politics without a pluralistic mainstream media? The lack of diversity is shocking.
The country’s media is a bid a joke as its politics.
In fact Neil OWES Jeremy Corbyn because he promised
to withdraw his accusation that Corbyn was pro-Russian.
Not only that but he also promised to ADVERTISE his
withdrawal and promote any evidence he was given.
After plenty was provided – what happened ? Nothing ..
So he reneged on honouring his promise – his “marker”
if you like. What does it say about him?
The Socialist Labour Party would be a stark comparison to the Red Tory Party
So what do you stand for
The Daily Mirror has today published an article written by Keir Starmer
‘Labour must go from party of protest into power – then hand power to working people’
Writing exclusively for the Sunday Mirror, Labour Leader Keir Starmer says he supports the right to strike – and that his support went beyond “sentiment and a photo opp – I backed up my words with action”
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/labour-must-go-party-protest-27618354#
SteveH
Who’d believe he’d be better in power? He and Reeves would be more aloof and deaf to the unions and ordinary members if anything. Politicians always become more conservative when actually in power.
Going ‘from a party of protest to a party of power, ‘ is just clichéd guff from Labour’s RW to justify their shocking capitulation to all things Tory: to domestic authoritarianism, economic neoliberalism and neocon foreign policy.
Notice how they’ve memory holed 2017’s GE, even though polling shows widespread support for renationalisations, instead they insist the less popular privatised status quo is electorally more viable. Labour’s RW mocked the free broadband plan but it was and is popular. The Tories rollout of 1 Gbps fiber for all is the slowest in Europe. Where it exists it’s very expensive. The UK has terrible infrastructure.
SteveH, do you know for certain Starmer actually writes the stuff that goes out in his name in newspapers? Look at the 10 Pledges – there is no way he wrote any of those, for the language used, phraseology and ideological positioning is simply far too left-wing to have come from Starmer – he doesn’t think like that. I’d wager Paul Mason or someone similar wrote it for him perhaps? Someone who knows what buttons to press to win the left over. the 10 Pledges were a shameless exercise in pure manipulation.
Andy – …and the credible alternative that you are offering is?
There isn’t one, that does not mean nothing is going on, but soon there will be no Parasite TORY Neo-Labour Party, then and only then will the independents, small parties and Unions be able to UNITE for The PEOPLE!
Not possible as long as the Parasite Party is Infesting, Sabotaging and Conniving against anything Socialist in nature.
Don’t you worry your little rat’s arse, we will clean out the house, burn it down and start again. It’s been done many times before it will be done again.
nellyskelly – Oh for goodness sake grow up.
Are you actually ever going to say anything related to or about any comments that you reply to in this Forum?
“Oh for goodness sake grow up.” IS NOT a get out of jail free card, but yet again you prove that all you TORIES have to offer are Fart Bubbles and nothing inbetween!
SteveH
Well, as you know they’ve rigged the game in an anti-democratic move, by raising the PLP (%) threshold up from 10 to 20% to get on the ballot – so it’s likely to be another bunch of unrepresentative Blairites that goes before members, not someone like Sultana who’d be popular. But it won’t be Reeves unless there’s a coronation and you may get a Barry Gardiner or if lucky. Or Clive Lewis, Lewis is a bit sketchy, but he’d be far better than Starmer.
Starmer is to the right of David Cameron, surely he has to go… somehow. Could anyone in the PLP be worse than a right-wing rogue like Sir Keir Starmer?
Andy – Or to put it more succinctly, you have SFA to offer.
Six Minutes to respond to Andy!
Andy, Stamer’s a goddamn liar. How many of his numerous pledges has he kept ?
Everybody knows he lies as much as Johnson, in fact from my experience they trust Johnson more than Starmer. And that’s takes some doing.
Steve H….I have already covered that re draft of the tory party spin now labour.spin…..Why do you persist in ignoring reality and the fact that comments have already been made on your “old news” Do keep up stevie and get a grip of yourself instead of the sheep…..you might live longer?
Joseph – I have absolutely no idea what you are blathering on about, do you?
Steve H….your leaders just covering old tory policy with supporting so called “working people” ….and excluding the majority working class and vunerable. More of recycled tory party spin from labour the party of “acheivers” next and no doubt a speach on St Francis of Assisi outside Downing street…..old recycled conservative party from the near bankrupt labour party…..bloody pathetic from mr second hand strummer….now bugger off to the sheep weirdo.
Joseph – What a load of drivel.
Five Minutes to respond to Joseph Okeefe!
….and? 🥱
Fart Bubbles on a Windy Day, Lies, SpinPorn, Pretentious Garbage!
The devil said to jesus, I promise you………yeah! yeah! Fuck Off!
Oh dear 🙄
Well, what substance is there in a Spinmeister’s empty hollow words?
The sad SHEEPLE who fall for yet ANOTHER Neo-Labour Party TORY Con, deserve it!
So the fight goes on, and all you have left are FartBubbles.
nellyskelly – By your own admission it is more than anything you have to offer.
really.
nellyskelly – Yes really.
wow.
Toffee – So all you have to offer by way of a riposte is yet another pointless rant full of excuses
I don’t make excuses for ORDERING peers to abstain on a vote that is forcing children to go hungry.
I don’t make excuses not doing anything to prosecute a high-profile serial nonce.
YOU however, DO.
Disgusting nonce apologist AND enabler.
Toffee – Can you explain why those who are actually in a position to know what did and didn’t happen (the victims and their solicitors) don’t agree with you?
Are you seriously asking that question Steve? Have you not realised that the Establishment tends to look after its own – and is even ferocious at denying obvious truths to do so.
Forget the subject matter of the article, and I am sorry that it will offend your acquiescent (to authority) nature too much, but read the first part of this wonderful article here.. Mrs Thatcher and Ronald Reagan have ensured that the ‘ruling class’ have integrated every aspect of their neoliberal machine for the benefit of the very parasites whom Sir Keir Rodney Starmer serves.
“Among many similar globalist states, The UK State is a public-private partnership between government, financial institutions, multinational corporations, global think tanks, and well funded third sector organisations, such as so called non governmental organisations (NGO’s) and large international charities.
“Through a labyrinthine structure of direct funding, grant making and philanthropy, the UK State is a cohesive globalist organisation that works with selected academics, scientific institutions and mainstream media (MSM) outlets to advance a tightly controlled, predetermined narrative. This designed consensus serves the the interests and global ambitions of a tiny group of disproportionately wealthy people.
“This group of parasites, often misleadingly referred to as the “elite,” exploit all humanity for their own gain and to consolidate and enhance their power. They control the money supply and the global debt, which is a debt owed to them.
‘Human beings are forced to pay tax which, via government procurement, flows directly to the private corporations they own. War, security, infrastructure projects, education and health care provide profits and are used by the parasite class to socially engineer society…..
…
…
“This global network of oligarchs is moving towards the final stages of its long held plan to construct a single global system of governance. Often referred to as the New World Order (NWO), it is a collaboration between supranational political organisations, like the United Nations and the European Union, controlled scientific authorities, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), global financial institutions, including the World Bank, IMF, ECB and Bank for International Settlements (BIS), globalist organisations like the World Economic Forum (WEF), NGO’s like the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and policy making thinks tanks such as the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Club of Rome and the Trilateral Commission.
“The UK State is one, prominent tentacle of the emerging global governance system. It has capitalised on the COVID 19 crisis to create the conditions for a new global economic and political model. “
Keir Starmer is a massive part (an enabler) of the oligarchy that threatens the Many, Democracy and the planet itself. Don’t tell me you didn’t know any of that SteveH.
qwertboi – You being a gullible numpty is your problem, piss off back down your 🐰🕳️.
qwertboi
The fatal mistake was not to let the banks go under in 2008 and create the conditions for global governance, Obama and Brown could then have donned their capes and saved the world
The parasitic elites instead decided that they were never allowed to lose, the end of capatalism, no moral hazard, no free market and no creative destruction
The rest is history, it always ends in tears
Well said Toffee. Spot on. A DPP so caring about child abuse he took an interest in every child abuse case in the Country, apart from the Savile cases. And that comes from a person I know who actually worked on some of the cases up North. A person who knows exactly what Starmer is too.
baz2001 – You appear to have mixed up your timelines and this has resulted in your comment being inaccurate.
Only the current Labour party machine could turn a deceitful operation of lining up ducks into the absolute shambles of herding cats!
I repeat my oft asked question; what on earth are members paying for? Definitely clapped out banger rather than Bentley…….
The apparent levels of incompetence do not bode well for the day to day job of political organising for potential electoral victory. Those on the right should look nervously at such
amateurist bungling at a clearly Clouseau-like level.
And Audrey should definitely sue.
To whoever said they should have let the banks fail –
well of course some DID fail and in the 1930s I dont
think any were saved.
The situation was the same or worse in the 1930s –
when the poor starved – its always the poor who
suffer most. The people who had a little money in
the bank lost it and were down to their uppers.
Businesses failed – some small family businesses
and the those who were employed by them lost
their jobs ..
The people responsible for the failure somehow
managed to save themselves and some even
grew stronger.
Wages for those who were in work did not rise
but fell in real terms.
Yet after 5 years of austerity – Cameron still
managed to win the GE of 2015.
It was only in 2017 that Labours position
improved in spite of being hobbled.
Now at least the country is waking up and
working things out for themselves,
supporting their Unions and fighting for
their rights .. They can see that the official
Labour Party will not stand up for them.
However It seems that at long last MPs
are also working things out for themselves
and gradually peeling off from the official
line .. better late than never I suppose!
Soon Starmer will stand with just a rump
of supporters – till he is eventually chucked
out. It seems that the Labour Party
has learned from the Tories in how to get
rid of a useless leader.