Scotland was a priority target for Morgan McSweeney, and Labour moved from one to 37 seats in 2024.
However, eight Labour MPs received £10k cash donations from Labour Together NOT registered on the Electoral Commission website.
For the first time, I am revealing the names…🧵
Morgan McSweeney’s wife, Imogen Walker, was elected in Hamilton and Clyde Valley.
She received £10k from Labour Together + £15k from Gary Lubner.
Along with Gregor Poynton in Livingston, she was one of two friends of Epstein-associate Peter Mandelson promoted last month.
Douglas McAllister was McSweeney’s man in West Dunbartonshire, Torcuil Crichton won in Na H-Eileanan An Iar, and Kenneth Stevenson took Airdrie and Shotts.
All received £10k cash donations from Labour Together.
In the Scottish capital, Labour Together were prolific. Tracy Gilbert in Edinburgh North + Chris Murray in Edinburgh East both received £10k. Murray also received £5k from Gary Lubner.
Additionally, Ian Murray in Edinburgh South received £10,070.37 support-in-kind from LT.
Graeme Downie in Dunfermline and Dollar was another member of Labour Together’s “£10k club”.
In September 2023, Downie participated in a trip to occupied Palestine funded by the Labour Friends of Israel lobby group.
In July, the 8 MPs above all voted to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. The only exception was Dr. Zubir Ahmed, Labour’s candidate in Glasgow South West, who abstained.
Not only did he receive £10k from Labour Together, but also £20k from Francesca Perrin.
Francesca Perrin and her husband, William, are both funders of Labour Together. Francesca has given the lobby group £310k, and William, a former private secretary to Tony Blair, £50k.
Francesca Perrin is also a current director of LT.
McSweeney is working to secure his legacy.
Zubir Ahmed was recently appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Wes Streeting, widely seen as the man with his eyes on power.
Streeting received thousands from pro-Israeli lobbyists Jonathan Mendelsohn + Trevor Chinn and £65k from private healthcare-linked John Armitage.
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