Keir Starmer

A shadowy think tank run by British PM Keir Starmer’s top strategist has been exposed for paying a PR firm to spy on journalists including me and the outlet I write for, The Grayzone. Will the scandal push an already collapsing Starmer government over the edge? Leaked files have revealed that Labour Together, the shadowy think tank run by disgraced former top Keir Starmer aide Morgan McSweeney, paid the Washington DC-based corporate intelligence firm APCO Worldwide to spy on journalists […]

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A long-promised bill to clean up the funding of British politics and protect against foreign interference has failed to deliver, argues Sergei Cristo

A former Israeli Prime Minister and intelligence chief described Peter Thiel and Jeffrey Epstein as "owners" of a venture fund. The founder of Palantir, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrastructure with the help of Peter Mandelson, has denied the claim - but emails reveal how Thiel cultivated Epstein as a business partner

The Prime Minister should use this moment to shine a light on the dark forces corrupting our democracy, argues former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall

As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer's chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right

The Prime Minister's allies believe he has survived the attempted coup against him, but few outside Downing Street expect him to last for much longer, reports Adam Bienkov

An example must be set for all politicians considering abusing their position for personal gain, argues barrister Gareth Roberts

There is a deep disconnect between the Government's actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues Professor Chris Painter

Newly-leaked emails show ex-leftist journalist-turned-snitch Paul Mason attempted a legal crusade to silence his critics and censor The Grayzone’s reporting. While Mason blames “Russian intelligence” for a blacklist he created, he privately admitted to creating what he called “the network graphic” in talks with the elite legal team he enlisted to target this outlet. Once a well-known British broadcast pundit and columnist who fashioned himself as a voice of the movement behind former Leader leader Jeremy Corbyn, Paul Mason is […]

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The PM's decision to block Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election risks handing the seat to Nigel Farage, and ultimately triggering his own downfall. It didn't have to be this way, argues Adam Bienkov