Confidential documents expose tactics to discredit and expel rivals in the party. They reveal how Starmer’s predecessor was undermined by a smear campaign from within. The Labour Files: The Hierarchy, Al Jazeera Investigations 2022
We speak to people whose voices that have been silenced including those who support Palestinian rights. ibid.
He [Corbyn] was a lifelong anti-racist campaigner and a champion of Palestinian rights. He challenged established politicians in his own party and the bureaucracy that was meant to serve him. ibid.
Our free speech was shut down in the Labour Party. ibid. member
An Al Jazeera investigation revealed how unelected officials undermined former leader Jeremy Corbyn and anyone who supported him. Inside Story: The Labour Files: The Undermining of Jeremy Corbyn, Al Jazeera 24.51
I am just about to stab him … Worth it though. ibid. lady mole
The Labour Party suspended Jeremy Corbyn in 2020 accusing him of Anti-Semitism. ibid.
Keir Starmer 2020: The attacks on Jeremy Corbyn in that election … were terrible. They vilified him and they knew what they were doing and they knew why they were doing it.
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Keir Starmer 2023: Corbyn allowed hate to spread in the party. Cited Tweet 29th January 2023
Keir Starmer 2020: My leadership if I win it will be standing with you, and other campaigns like you, so that we can win issues like this that are so important.
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Keir Starmer 2023: Never again will Labour be a party of protest. Cited Tweet 31st January 2023
We are the real Conservatives. Keir Starmer, 12th May 2023
The lady’s not for turning up. Keir Starmer, to Penny Mordaunt re Liz Truss