One from the archives. Diane Abbott in September last year: "Why did [Keir Starmer] ever employ Peter Mandelson in the first place?"

Hard to see how Josh Simons could possibly remain as an MP after this revelation. An absolute disgrace. A police investigation is urgently needed. Simons has brought the Labour Party into even further disrepute. theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

Keir Starmer's Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney used £730,000 of illegally undeclared donations to fund a campaign to bring down Jeremy Corbyn and elect Keir Starmer as Labour Leader. This Scandal Should've Brought Down The Government But we have a servile sycophantic media

What cannot be stated too often is that Starmer had a very good US Ambassador already in place in Washington.Her name is Karen Pierce, a brilliant diplomat ,much respected by Trump and of whom Pat McFadden said “she’s doing an absolutely fantastic job”. What were they thinking ?

Is it me or is Trevor Phillips being a raging hypocrite. Peter Mandelson was best man at his wedding. He knew about Mandelson's dodgy connections. For him to try and come across as being all righteous and god-fearing really is being disingenuous. #TrevorPhillips cc: #BBCLauraK

Now that Morgan McSweeney has 'resigned' as chief of staff, if the Labour Party has any hope of restoring any of its reputation, others figures who were close to Mandelson and did his dirty work also need to be removed. Josh Simons also has to go. 👇

The crisis in the Labour Party has deep roots. My piece (written on Friday). "Morgan McSweeney, personifies this [merger between New and Blue Labour]....they have presided over a disaster for Labour and the people of this country and internationally". morningstaronline.co.uk/article/crisis…

Promoting Mandelson was the least of Morgan McSweeney's sins. He, above all, was responsible for injecting all that poison about Labour anti Semitism when Corbyn was in charge. For details see Get In by Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund.

Ed Balls "People say McSweeney was the man who transformed Labs prospects from disaster to victory" Diane Abbott "This idea that McSweeney was an election genius ignores the figures.. in '24 the Lab vote was more or less the same as '19. What happened was the Tory vote split"

Fishguard North East (Pembrokeshire) Council By-Election Result: 🌼 PLC: 33.8% (New) 🔶 LDM: 18.0% (New) ➡️ RFM: 12.7% (New) 🌹 LAB: 11.1% (-47.9) 🙋 Ind: 10.5% (New) 🌳 CON: 9.2% (-31.9) 🙋 Ind: 4.7% (New) Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2022.

Worth remembering that Faiza Shaheen was deselected as a Labour candidate for liking tweets from the Greens *before* she was ever a Labour member. What could possibly explain such an intensive vetting process for the left, and such an apparently shoddy one for the right?

Thank you for ALL the birthday wishes. "It's better to be OVER the hill than under it."

OMG!! This is amazing. Court rules government's ban on Palestine Action is unlawful. This entire episode has been such a shameful stain on Keir Starmer's government. news.sky.com/story/palestin…

Indian Author Arundhati Roy Pulls Out of Berlinale Over Jury's 'Unconscionable' Refusal to Comment on Gaza: 'To Hear Them Say That Art Should Not Be Political Is Jaw-Dropping' variety.com/2026/film/glob…

“This is not normal politics. It is democratic decay unfolding in real time.” I’ve written for Tribune about the Josh Simons / Labour Together scandal, and what it tells us about the degeneration of British democracy. tribunemag.co.uk/2026/02/smears…

Gaza death toll in first months of Israeli assault far higher than previously reported, says Lancet study lbc.co.uk/article/gaza-d…

The emergence of ‘family voting” as an issue and “democracy volunteers” as a force over the last two hours does not just smack of desperation. It’s a dangerous slur on an entire community and a disgrace on those peddling it.

Nick Robinson on BBC fairly said many will dismiss the Gorton & Denton result by pointing to a “large Muslim vote still motivated and angry about what happened in Gaza”. Many are wrong. It is not just Muslims that are motivated by the treatment of Palestinians, and these