Excl: Corbyn holds first ever virtual Shadow Cabinet meeting – minus Starmer
Jeremy Corbyn made a small piece of Labour history today – by holding the first ever virtual shadow cabinet meeting, to keep MPs safe from infection in response to the […]
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Jewish professor’s EHRC submission criticises ‘deeply-flawed’ IHRA, challenges EHRC to use ‘objective yardstick’
Geoffrey Alderman also published in Independent Geoffrey Alderman, emeritus professor of politics and contemporary history, is a noted historian of the Jewish community in Britain. He has made a submission […]
Excl: Watson subject of formal antisemitism complaint by Professor of Jewish history
Prof Geoffrey Alderman writes to party to ask for investigation of Watson’s”oldest antisemitic trope” in Easter message Geoffrey Alderman is a noted professor of the history of the Jewish community […]
The background of the man behind the Panorama ‘hatchet job’ – or ‘jobs’ – on Labour Party
John Ware: pro-Israel former Sun journalist and maker of libellous output condemned as Islamophobe and already subject of complaint by Labour over earlier ‘hatchet job’ The journalist behind this week’s […]
Video: Beckett’s ‘tearful’ attack on Corbyn is defining backdrop to assault on his team
Centrist attempt to isolate Labour leader from his most trusted support continues – but Beckett’s background undermines latest attack on ‘LOTO’ staff Margaret Beckett has become the latest centrist to […]
Comment: Watson’s record challenges his fitness to touch disciplinary processes
Tom Watson is still agitating for influence over the Labour Party’s complaints process – but his track record is a problem Comment Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson has persisted in […]
Video: history and drama as Tories become 1st govt to be held in contempt of Parliament
Late this afternoon in the House of Commons, the Tories became the first government in the history of this country to be found guilty of contempt of Parliament, when MPs […]
Video: ITN tells the country what the BBC won’t – “May in office, not in power”
The BBC has glossed over May’s disastrous capitulation this week, eventually mentioning her cowardly decision not even to contest opposition amendments to the Tories’ Budget bill – only the third […]
Breaking: NUJ’s loss as Mendoza to deliver inaugural ALTERNATIVE Jones Memorial Lecture
The National Union of Journalists’ (NUJ) shoddy behaviour in prioritising the outrage of a small set of white, privileged journalists at a mainstream publication above the democratic decision of black […]
Rewriting history: Sky News just ‘forgot’ the 2016 ‘coup’, claims NO leadership challenge
Sky News just performed a remarkable piece of retroactive historical surgery in an article about Jeremy Corbyn’s supposed refusal – in reality, Labour rules do not give him the power […]