Thread by @behind_labour

The final part of @AJIunit #LabourFiles "The Hierarchy" is now on YouTube before being shown today at 1pm on AlJazeera English channel.

We'll be watching this shortly, and tweeting the outcomes for your benefit.

The programme claims Keir Starmer leads a "lawless" party. From our experience, this is absolutely the case.

Marcia Hutchinson was subjected to abject racism within the Labour Party, more in five years inside the party, than "the rest of my life combined."

https://twitter.com/Marciathewriter/status/1574653808046653440?t=GcSNhfvHt0LYDbyK4LMcjA&s=19

Black people inside the Labour Party are alleged to be subjected to an "exclusive culture", with senior Labour figures attacking them with impunity.

Ms Hutchinson describes her view of BAME inclusion as an optical "set piece" she is disgusted by. Solidarity Marcia!

The investigation highlights Whatsapp group written abuse against @HackneyAbbott from Emilie Oldknow, Iain MacNicol, Patrick Heneghan, Sarah Mulholland and more.

Heneghan was recently anonymously spotted sneaking around @Standup4Labour's show.

We think we have just spotted the reason for the delay of the show. A Whatsapp comment about @HackneyAbbott and her diabetes was now anonymised rather than named. They discuss that her diabetes is HER fault, because they think she is overweight by choice.

Disgraceful.

The investigation shares commentary that the Labour Party is NOT a safe space for black people.

The investigation shares commentary from Labour Goverance Officer @HalimaNyomi describing the Labour Party as considering Antisemitism as "the priority" over anti Black racism and Islamophobia.

The program makes it clear that Labour takes a soft touch on Islamophobia.

#LabourFiles makes a clear case that John Stolliday and Emilie Oldknow held off taking action against Islamophobic abuse by journalists and others in the party, because said people were "friends" with Tom Watson and Ian Austin. A #FordReport hierarchy of abuse is appearing.

The notorious Trevor Phillips Islamophobia case investigated by @HalimaNyomi and commented upon my @LouisMendee showed just how far the party was willing to stretch itself to allow Islamophobia to take root inside the party. Both people here found this disgraceful.

The Disputes Team suspended Phillips for a year, and then reinstated him. The party unsuspended Phillips just before he started working for Sky News interviewing Labour politicians, according to @alexnunns.

The report alleges that in Newham, the Labour Party had a factional battle along racial lines with Labour official Carl Morris and member Amy Fode identifying "Muslim" individuals allegedly undertaking a Pakistani takeover of the CLP, and calling for a freeze on selections.

#LabourFiles examines the racist suspension of Cllr Obaid Khan by London Labour Region. Complaints to Mayor Robin Wales asking him why he made this happen were put to John Stolliday, who responded suggesting going after the individuals making the complaints! 🤬 What an arse.

In the same purge in Newham, Wales and Stolliday also appear to have gone after @mmehmood73 with the same kind of abusive, manipulative approach to remove him.

The program suggests the Labour Party considered Pakistani men to be trying to co-opt the party subversively.

Disturbingly, a 100 page dossier of surveillance of Newham party members was revealed. @mmehmood73 had his family watched, his work, childrens schooling, his businesses, neighbours, friends... this is deeply disturbing.

This is professional-standard surveillance. NOT amateur.

The Labour Party, according to the #LabourFiles was specifically concerned, like the far right, that Newham Labour was being "taken over" by Islamic people, living in overcrowded, abusive conditions.

The "3rd World" racist trope.

Bizarrely, #LabourFiles reveals a diagrammatical breakdown by Labour, of language dialects spoken by @mmehmood73's tenants. WTF!

@OborneTweets suggests these reports about Newham Labour Muslims are like reading a "far right tract".

The #LabourFiles raise the issue of data protection problems about where this data was coming from.

This a red herring.

It is likely there is some kind of state organisation involvement, or community security organisation was responsible for passing this information over.

#LabourFiles Part 3 discusses the consistent failure to comply with ICO regulations about subject access requests. This is our experience as well.

@HalimaNyomi and @OborneTweets both believe that criminal laws have been broken on the #NewhamDossier.

The #LabourFiles episode discusses the monstering of @Marciathewriter by the party, suggesting that right wingers including Pat Karney were 'indignant' that a woman such as her would dare to stand against incumbent centrists.

See: "Bossy, Rude Black Woman" trope.

Inside Labour offices, the #LabourFiles discusses Black women being demoted and sidelined, and intentionally limiting representation of Black people in the party.

Amazingly, @HalimaNyomi asked Labour specifically "Is my role at risk for supporting Palestinians?" The party response? "We'll get back to you."

Both @HalimaNyomi and @LouisMendee were dismissed by Labour for standing up against racism and corruption in the party.

#Solidarity

#LabourFiles reveals Ellie Robinson, one of Starmer's white advisors, feels the overwhelmingly white controlled "Black Community Engagement Plan" was "...in a good place."

Bollocks.

@HalimaNyomi and @LouisMendee disagree, and share "...this plan never came to us?"

#LabourFiles shares that the "Black Community Engagement Plan" was hugely focused on the so-called 'Red Wall' and the racist 'Culture War'. It misses the huge issue of Black and Muslim representation in Labour and Politics generally.

We see on #LabourFiles a video call with white Keir Starmer asking white David Evans how to fix the red wall problem through the lens of minority representation. What a farce!!!

The Labour Party is essentially erasing Black and Muslim identity / representation within the party.

In summary, this programe has provided a very limited snapshot of the massive scope of anti-Black and Islamophobic racism within the Labour Party.

Racism sponsored by donors and security organisations who are opposed to a multicultural idea of Britain and are working against it.

We dont believe there is anything here in the #LabourFiles that warrants legal action or that might sink the Labour Party.

Mainly because jingo-Britain is in charge, and our racist media is supine and compliant.

Props to @OborneTweets for lending his real integrity to this.

Massive solidarity to @HalimaNyomi, @LouisMendee, @mmehmood73 and @Marciathewriter for bravely taking a stand and speaking out against the white power / imperialist organisation that is the Labour Party.

SOLIDARITY! ✊🏻