New wave of disciplinary action against Labour members: A rightwing campaign to purge the left
A fortnight ago I finally got a letter from the Complaints Team in the Labour Party’s Governance and Legal Unit…
Category: Politics
John Pilger’s fantasy history of Afghanistan
Last week the veteran leftwing journalist John Pilger published an article titled “Afghanistan, The Great Game of Smashing Countries”, which…
Boris Johnson and his hero from Jaws
One interesting feature of Dominic Cummings’ account of Boris Johnson’s reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic last year was his revelation…
Keir and the coronavirus crank: Why Starmer’s leftwing critics were wrong
One of the bizarre features of the much-publicised clash between Keir Starmer and Bath pub landlord Rod Humphris, which took…
Corbyn and the peace prize: Skwawkbox embarrasses the Left again
Labour MP Chris Williamson made an appearance on the Daily Politics show yesterday to vigorously defend the view that there…
Dorset Eye and conspiracies — how a leftwing website mistook satire for fact
If you spend much time on social media you can often come away with the impression that the entire left…
How did Boris Johnson get elected as mayor of London?
Writing in the Spectator, James Kirkup argues that, while Boris Johnson is today a Marmite figure whose hardline right-wing Brexiteer…
What happened to Adam Langleben?
Whatever happened to Adam Langleben? That’s the question I put to Stephane Savary, vice-chair of the misnamed Jewish Labour Movement,…
A tale of two cities — double standards over the ‘liberation’ of Aleppo and Mosul
Last year’s bloody destruction of eastern Aleppo by the Assad regime and its allies received massive media coverage in the…
Marcus Papadopoulos and the smearing of Jeremy Corbyn
Marcus Papadopoulos may not exactly be a household name, but last week he had his 15 minutes of fame when…