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Martin Forde, commissioned by Labour to investigate factionalism and racism in the party speaks publicly for the first time about what he calls the party's hierarchy of racism:
"Anti-black racism, islamophobia, isn't taken as seriously as antisemitism"
"In his report published in July 2022 Forde made 165 recommendations; he was surprised to have heard almost nothing from the party since"

MPs who voted against making landlords ensure housing is fit for human habitation

Division # 162 12 Jan 2016

Housing and Planning Bill — New Clause 52 — Implied term of fitness for human habitation in residential lettings

Nigel Adams Conservative
Adam Afriyie Conservative
1/ Peter Aldous Conservative
Lucy Allan Conservative
Heidi Allen Conservative
Sir David Amess Conservative
Stuart Andrew Conservative
Caroline Ansell Conservative
Edward Argar Conservative
Victoria Atkins Conservative
Richard Bacon Conservative
Steven Baker Conservative
2/

Whenever you see people on the Labour right saying the left has to support Starmer, remember this:

https://twitter.com/troovus/status/1365742893420466177?s=20

and this

https://twitter.com/troovus/status/1360376522813669382?s=20

Below are excerpts from (ex adviser to @johnmcdonnellMP) @JoeRRyle's blog with some of his submissions to the #FordeReport.
As with the #LabourLeaks report, it's hard to reconcile its contents with the media's characterisation of events
1/10
Full article:
opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra… From the off Corbyn had suspicions [about how helpful party officials would be] but the extent of the plots against him went beyond anything that could be expected
It was Lab HQ's job to set up LOTO's and McDonnell's offices, but in Corbyn and McDonnell’s offices there were:
2/10

After the Labour leaks report, it was tempting to think the centrists' game was up - the cat was out of the bag, their lies and viciousness had finally been exposed. But they have the media and the establishment on their side - truth counts for little
1/n
scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2004… We need to keep reminding ourselves what happened. They knew it was all lies but if the media repeated them constantly, they would become the truth
2/n

Here are the images used in Labour's regional organiser ads Tweeted by Angela Raynor before and after de-Corbynisation. 'Thank you [Jeremy Corbyn] for being our leader' changed to 'Labour' The Tweet...

https://twitter.com/AngelaRayner/status/1341439363717226496?s=20

From The Telegraph 12 May

A Covid cardiologist at a top London hospital (friendly to Boris) has been so incensed by the daily charade of bogus omniscience that he vented his spleen in an email to me on Sunday night. It is a poignant indictment, so I pass along a few snippets
1/6 Basically, every mistake that could have been made, was made. He likened the care home policy to the Siege of Caffa in 1346, that grim chapter of the Black Death when a Mongol army catapulted plague-ridden bodies over the walls.
2/6

What do #TIG stand for? Here are #theindependentgroup's values:
0/11 Pretty bland - what does this mean? But having "Strong Defence" as their #1 value positions them squarely in the Conservative camp
1/11