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NEW: With local elections imminent, the Labour Party fear a disastrous set of results under the toxic Starmer brand.

But I’ve discovered that a member of Labour’s NEC admitted to being “recruited” into politics by a future IDF press officer.

And he’s standing for re-election:🧵 Image
Peter Mason currently serves on Labour’s NEC and the executive committee of their London branch. He is standing for re-election as a councillor in Ealing.

Mason has previously said that he was encouraged into the political sphere by “one of [his] closest friends, in Israel now”. Image
Peter Mason was referring to Yair Zivan, his predecessor at the Union of Jewish Students (UJS).

Zivan left the UJS to work as a Press Officer for the IDF.

He then became a Foreign Affairs Adviser and International Media Spokesman to former Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid. Image
Mason made the admission during an online meeting of former UJS campaigns officers, also attended by Izzy Lenga.

As previously reported, Lenga has participated in Israeli military training.

Lenga is standing for re-election in Camden, where she is Labour’s Chief Whip. Image
Labour councillor Peter Mason was previously national secretary at JLM under alleged predator Ivor Caplin’s chairmanship and while now convicted sex offender Liron Velleman was their youth officer.

JLM specifies that it aims “to promote the centrality of Israel in Jewish life”. Image
Former Israeli intelligence officer Assaf Kaplan, first hired by Starmer's Labour in December 2020, spoke at JLM’s 2024 conference at an event on “how to run a good campaign”.

But London councillors tell me that the party’s current campaigning is an unmitigated disaster. Image
Michael Crick described Peter Mason as “plugged into [the] McSweeney clique”.

Morgan McSweeney famously concealed over £700k in donations to Labour Together.

One of the donors he collaborated with was Trevor Chinn, who received an Israeli Presidential Medal of Honour in 2024. Image
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Labour Friends of Israel, a lobby group that refuses to disclose its donors, nominated Chinn for the award.

Labour councillor for Cricklewood Anne Clarke accepted an LFI-funded trip in July 2023 and met with genocidaire Isaac Herzog.

She is also standing for re-election. Image
As a member of Labour’s notorious NEC, Peter Mason was one of the individuals reported to have blocked Andy Burnham’s candidacy bid for the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Keir Starmer cannot bear a threat to his own position, even if it means driving the party into the ground. Image
I am determined to expose the moral bankruptcy of the Labour Party under Starmer, but I need your support.

Please consider contributing if you value my work:

Follow @jodymcintyre_ for more investigations.chuffed.org/project/175916…

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Jun 18
Al Carns just dealt the latest blow to the Starmer regime.

But did you know that his election campaign was funded by a pro-Israeli lobbyist with close links to the gambling industry?

I’ve been investigating Carns’ financial disclosures. Here’s what I discovered:🧵 Image
Al Carns has been eager to establish himself as an “independent” voice, resigning from Keir Starmer’s cabinet on Thursday night.

But his financial disclosures show only ONE donor to his 2024 election campaign.

The ex-head of Labour Friends of Israel, Jonathan Mendelsohn. Image
Labour peer Jonathan Mendelsohn is also an ex-trustee of the New Israel Fund’s UK branch.

In 2018, he resigned from the shadow cabinet after attending a men-only Presidents Club Dinner at which female hostesses were groped and sexually harassed.

He denied any wrongdoing. Image
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Jun 15
This man is desperate to get the keys to No. 10.

But did you know about the secret connection between Andy Burnham and a weapons company complicit in air strikes in Gaza?

This is the scandal Burnham does NOT want voters to know about…🧵 Image
Andy Burnham’s last Labour leadership campaign was funded by Howard Borrington, then a director at arms firm MBDA.

In the Fahmi al-Jarjawi School attack of May 2025, the Israeli military dropped GBU-39 bombs fitted with MBDA Inc. folding wings.

18 children were killed. Image
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According to a 2025 investigation, MBDA sold “key components for bombs that have been shipped in their thousands to Israel”.

The MBDA “wings” were designed to unfold mid-air and guide GBU-39 bombs to their target.

Those targets included schools, tents, and family homes. Image
Read 14 tweets
Jun 2
This Labour MP lobbied the Home Office to ban political commentators from entering the UK, and Shabana Mahmood complied.

But did you know that David Taylor received money from Labour Together whilst they had an ex-IDF soldier on their board?

Here’s what the paper trail shows:🧵 Image
Next week, David Taylor will complete a three month stint at the Coalition for Global Prosperity, where he has been working one day per week alongside his role as a Labour MP.

Their CEO is Ryan Henson, a British-American Project Fellow.

Peter Mandelson was a member of the BAP. Image
In 2022, the Coalition for Global Prosperity received over £1 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

In turn, the CGP has donated to 12 British MPs.

One of them is Rosie Wrighting, the Wes Streeting aide who resigned one day after the Health Minister. Image
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May 25
The second set of the Mandelson Files will reveal his cosy relationship with senior Labour Party officials.

But did you know that the co-chair of his “think tank” once lived on an Israeli colony?

This is the story of Patrick Diamond:🧵 Image
Patrick Diamond is a former Special Advisor to Peter Mandelson, the ex-Labour Party peer and “best pal” of Jeffrey Epstein.

In the early 1990s, Diamond spent time living and working at an Israeli colony called Lahav.

Lahav is 5km from the illegal Eshkolot settlement. Image
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Lahav is marketed as the Israeli state’s “only pig farm”.

The colony was originally set up in 1952 by the Nahal, an IDF program that combined military service with the establishment of settlements. Image
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May 23
Three patrons of UK Lawyers for Israel have been named in a “legal intimidation” complaint.

I’ve discovered that the family of one of the accused gave thousands to ex-Health Minister Wes Streeting.

Another served at a Peter Mandelson think tank.

Here’s what the records show:🧵 Image
Anthony Grabiner KC, a crossbench peer, is one of three UK Lawyers for Israel patrons reported to the Bar Standards Board in relation to an alleged “pattern of legal of intimidation”.

His cousin Stephen Grabiner donated thousands to TWO Labour MPs: Wes Streeting + Sarah Sackman. Image
Companies House lists 75 appointments for Stephen Grabiner, including previous directorships at UK Israel Business, the Jewish Chronicle, and the Telegraph Media Group.

In 2023, he donated a further £6000 to the Finchley and Golders Green branch of the Labour Party. Image
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May 21
NEW: Former Israeli soldier Jonathan Kestenbaum has resigned as a director of Labour Together.

Last month, I uncovered the “IDF diary” of the Labour peer. Now, he’s stepping down.

Here’s what happened:🧵 Image
On May 14th, the think tank of Morgan McSweeney fame relaunched with a new website and name: “Think Labour”.

The organisation claimed to be “more than a new logo”, but they retained the same company number as Labour Together Ltd., still registered as active on Companies House. Image
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According to Companies House, former Israeli soldier and current Labour peer Jonathan Kestenbaum was still a director when Think Labour launched.

So were current CEO Alison Phillips and former Tony Blair press officer Mike Craven.

Then, four days later, Kestenbaum resigned. Image
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