A leaked report, seen by Novara Media, reveals the extent to which senior Labour figures sought to undermine their own party’s chances in the 2017 general election.
The product of an extensive internal investigation, the report contains hundreds of pages of evidence, including WhatsApp messages and emails, implicating members of the party’s ‘senior management team’ (SMT), including the former general secretary Iain McNicol.
The following conversations, which took place from 13 January 2017 to the week after the election result that June, depict a disloyal, dysfunctional culture at the top of the party – one which held Labour’s twice elected leadership, party members, and any MPs they disagreed with, in contempt. Far from a few ‘bad apples’ the messages expose systematic and sustained efforts to undermine the leadership by multiple figures in director-level positions.
For many what will make this material all the more appalling is that Labour was less than 2,500 votes away from forming a government in 2017, after winning 40% of the popular vote – the party’s best results since 1997.
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This unredacted report was leaKed to media sources by persons unknown. It was not submitted to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission investigation into instutionalism racism/antisemitism in the Labour Party on the advice of Labour Party lawyers.
ReplyDeleteThere is a currently an investigation led by Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner Leader and Deputy Leader into the circumstances of the leaking.
The GMB (General, Municipal and Boilermakers) Union which represeents Labour Party staff haas issued a statement which while deploring any alleged racist, anti-Muslim , sexist and homophobic statements in the report has condemned the releasing of unredacted personal details of Labour Party staffers and whistleblowers because of the obvious compromising of their safety and security. It is known that the names of some of these mentioned have been published on Neo-Nazi group websites.
The Jewish Labour Movement has also issued a statement which expresses the same sentiments.
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