Ex-Labour official asks High Court to reveal who leaked party’s internal report into anti-Semitism

A former senior Labour official today asked the High Court in London to reveal who leaked the party’s internal report into anti-Semitism so she can sue them for defamation.   An 860-page report on Labour’s governance and legal unit, which found that anti-Semitism was so rife within the party that some members’ views were like those … Read more

The return of Tony Blair? Ex-Labour leader and prime minister ‘advising Matt Hancock on vaccines’

The return of Tony Blair? Ex-Labour leader and three-term prime minister ‘advising Matt Hancock and other Tories on vaccines strategy’ because he believes he can improve ‘inadequate’ leadership Mr Blair is powerful figure in the fight to use vaccines to save lives and economy Sunday Times said he offered ‘strategic advice’ to Hancock several times  … Read more

Ex-Labour deputy leader Tom Watson takes job advising firm which owns Paddy Power and SkyBet

Anti-gambling campaigner and ex-Labour deputy leader Tom Watson takes job advising firm which owns Paddy Power and SkyBet Mr Watson will join Flutter Entertainment, one of the UK’s biggest gambling firms The 53-year-old has been a vocal campaigner for restrictions on the industry  It comes amid a government review of 2005 Gambling Act in Autumn … Read more

Ex-labour leader Jeremy Corbyn backs leftwing group planning protest against June 1 school reopening

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tonight  threw his weight behind a hard-Left plan to prevent schools from re-opening at the start of June. The Islington North MP, 70, was the keynote speaker at an online rally organised by the Healthworker Coronavirus Activists Group. It is calling for a ‘day of action’ on May 28, followed by … Read more

Police blast MP Stephen Kinnock for going to his father Neil’s to celebrate ex-Labour leader’s 78th

‘This was NOT essential travel’: Police blast MP Stephen Kinnock for going to his father Neil’s house to celebrate the ex-Labour leader’s 78th birthday Labour MP Stephen Kinnock disciplined by South Wales police on Twitter  MP for Aberavon unwittingly revealed he had flouted lockdown guidelines He had travelled to visit his father Neil Kinnock at … Read more