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Letters Shrewsbury 24 As most readers will know, the 24 Shrewsbury building workers falsely convicted in 1973-74 had their convictions quashed on March 23 this year after 47 years. A big story - so big that even The Guardian carried over a page on it, which quoted Keir Starmer saluting this “huge victory” and TUC leader Frances O’Grady boasting that the fact they “never gave up” was “proved right” in the end. It’s a pity that the cleared men didn’t get that support at the time of the trial, when it mattered, as Des Warren - one of the six accused who was jailed - made clear...

No theory, please - we’re Labour Activism, never mind the politics: unfortunately this just about sums up the general approach. James Harvey reports Labour in Exile Network is yet another initiative in response to Keir Starmer’s attacks on party democracy: a sort of home “for all those suspended, expelled, silenced and alienated by the witch-hunt against the left”. The online launch conference on Saturday February 27 attracted over 200 participants, reflecting the success LIEN has had in the few months since it was conceived. 1 However, if the attendance was one marker of a certain ty...

Tomorrow marks three months since Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer withdrew the whip from his predecessor. Islington North constituency Labour Party (CLP) members David Rosenberg and Julia Bard wrote to Sir Keir and deputy leader Angela Rayner to call for the “immediate restoration” of the whip to their “exemplary” MP. Mr Rosenberg and Ms Bard described themselves as “Jews who have been combating and educating people about anti-semitism over decades (including being educators on trips to Auschwitz).” They said that they were “dismayed by the injustice” of Mr Corbyn having the ...

Enter your keywords Editorial: Inquiry or no, the left must never forget what we learned from Labour’s leaked report Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer delivers a virtual speech in January MPs writing to warn Keir Starmer that a decision to indefinitely delay the Forde inquiry risks giving the appearance of indifference to anti-black racism within Labour are right to do so. They highlight just one of the many important issues raised in the report leaked last Easter on Labour’s handling of anti-semitism allegations. Martin Forde QC says the decision to postpone reporting is because he does...

SIR KEIR STARMER is being called on to “come clean” about the alleged hiring of a former Israeli “cyber spy” as his office’s social media manager. Suspended and expelled Labour members are challenging the party’s leader to explain how Assaf Kaplan was hired and how much Sir Keir knew about his background working for Israeli intelligence. Mr Kaplan served in the cyber warfare unit of Israeli intelligence, which, in 2014, was alleged to be using information on Palestinians for the purposes of extortion and blackmail, the Electronic Intifada has reported. The Labour in Exile N...