EXCLUSIVE: Over the weekend, I have been contacted by THREE Labour whistleblowers. Their allegations about Morgan…

EXCLUSIVE: Over the weekend, I have been contacted by THREE Labour whistleblowers. Their allegations about Morgan McSweeney and his associates are shocking and raise major questions about the nature of Keir Starmer’s rise to power. Here’s what they told me: 🧵

At the same time as taking over Labour Together, Morgan McSweeney set up the Centre for Countering Digital Hate, supposedly aimed at “countering online antisemitism” but conveniently stationed in the SAME BUILDING as LT. McSweeney’s co-director at CCDH was Simon Clark.

Clark was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, apparently “leading their work on violent white supremacy” + “informing the White House’s Domestic Terrorism strategy”. He is also a fellow at the Atlantic Council + Foreign Policy for America think tanks.

Foreign Policy for America’s board includes former Obama administration staff, retired Exxon execs, and Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of pro-Israeli lobby group “J Street”. In 2018, the Atlantic Council’s top donors were Facebook and the British government.

Clark was previously a partner at Kaya Partners, an offshoot of Macro Advisory Partners. MAP was co-founded in 2013 by David Claydon, a former adviser and donor to David Miliband. In 2015, three months after stepping down as head of MI6, John Sawers became chairman of MAP.

A former Labour staffer, Simon*, claims that McSweeney was deliberately inserted into the Labour Party and later became Starmer’s “handler”. He also alleges that compromising material was presented to keep Starmer “in line”.

CCDH’s Chief Operating Officer is Jemma Levene, a Times of Israel blogger. Levene previously worked at “Hope not Hate”, which supported McSweeney’s 2008-10 campaign in Barking & Dagenham. In 2024, CCDH’s “annual priorities” included “Kill Musk’s Twitter”.

More recently, following McSweeney’s CCDH playbook, new Labour propaganda vehicles are beginning to emerge. As @jmcevoy_2 reported last week, a digital communications agency called “411” is now offering cash payments for posting pro-Labour + anti-Reform content online.

411 was set up last year and is staffed by former Labour officials. This includes Assaf Kaplan, a former Israeli intelligence officer who was made Labour’s “Social Listening + Organising Manager” in January 2021. Last week, Kaplan attended the Labour conference.

Last week, Labour Friends of Israel launched “Voices for Change”, another propaganda vehicle resembling McSweeney’s earlier operations, “to amplify and share the voices of Israeli changemakers”. Initial contributors inc. Peter Lerner, a former spokesman for the Israeli military.

I’ve also been told of widespread Labour Together corruption in the run up to the 2024 general election, with local parliamentary candidates systematically dumped in favour of LT picks with no connection to the area and internal votes allegedly rigged.

A 2024 prospective parliamentary Labour candidate in London, Sara*, told me of being dragged before a now infamous three-person committee: Luke Akehurst, Sharma Tatler, + Anu Prashar. “I was given 5 minutes notice + then told I wasn’t suitable with no right to appeal.”

Tom*, a current Labour activist and member based in east London, works for a major British financial institution. He informed me that a group known as "Labour YIMBY" offered the bank’s execs 1-1 meetings with high ranking ministers in exchange for cash donations to the party.

“We were shocked, but we turned them down”, he said. Tom also spoke of a culture of fear surrounding McSweeney: “Everyone is so scared to speak, and people are getting suspended for anything.” Sara told me: “You have to prove your loyalty by being mean + nasty…it’s a cesspit.”

Tom alleges that multiple Labour Together picks overspent on candidacy campaigns, but infringements were overlooked to ensure their selection. “They were hiring companies that charge £20-30k for a website when their overall budget was £10k.” Yet again, the McSweeney playbook.

As the government cracks down on free speech, please consider subscribing to support my ongoing investigations: jodymcintyre.substack.com/subscribe Follow @jodymcintyre_ for more exposés of Labour corruption. *Names have been changed to protect whistleblowers’ identities.