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Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (second right) has his picture taken with St Mungo's workers protesting outside the homeless charity's headquarters in Tower Hill, London, as they begin a month-long strike over pay, May 30, 2023
LABOUR abandoned its lengthy and vastly expensive legal pursuit of five former employees today, amid recriminations over its cost and the architect of its legal strategy standing in the general election.
Labour director for legal affairs Alex Barros-Curtis has been imposed as the party’s election candidate in the Cardiff West constituency despite being described as “unknown in Wales.”
He faces demands to explain why the party had pursued the five Corbyn-era staff members over the leaking of a report exposing malfeasance and racist attitudes in the Labour apparatus, given the massive legal bill incurred.
Meanwhile, incoming PM Andy Burnham dithers over who should be his Chancellor
Martin Taylor, the hedge-fund multimillionaire who has poured millions into pushing Labour rightwards, helped finance Lucy Powell’s supposedly dissenting campaign — suggesting her victory was not the ‘soft-left’ rebellion some have claimed, says SOLOMON HUGHES