Al ministro del Lavoro sono stati forniti file di intelligence sui giornalisti

>A Labour minister was provided with intelligence files gathered on journalists investigating the thinktank that helped propel Keir Starmer to power, the Guardian has learned.

>The documents were personally given to Josh Simons, now a minister in the Cabinet Office, when he was chair of Labour Together, according to sources.

>Simons is close to the prime minister’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, who had previously run Labour Together and whose own role in the operation to gather material on journalists is under scrutiny.

>The files contained reports produced by the PR firm APCO Worldwide on journalists at outlets including the Guardian and the Sunday Times who had reported on irregularities in the thinktank’s funding.

It’s welcome that the press is finally examining groups like Labour Together, whose operations have long raised concerns. The organisation is funded by right-wing billionaires and has faced serious allegations, including breaches of electoral law and monitoring journalists investigating its donor networks.

This is not a grassroots Labour campaign group. It survives on dark money, propping up the neoliberal right faction and acting as a vehicle for funding that avoids parliamentary scrutiny.

And of course the Guardian continues to dance around mentioning a certain parliamentary “Friends of..” lobby in connection to this scandal. Far better journalism on Twitter.