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The Corbynites have lied with impunity - now they face the legal consequences

John Ware explains why he sued the Labour Party - and why his case is merely the first of several against alt-Left sites and individuals who lie

July 22, 2020 07:34
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A year ago, the Labour Party declared all-out war on the BBC. Why? 

I was the reporter on a Panorama programme in which seven former Labour staffers blew the whistle about antisemitism in Corbyn’s Labour Party. They explained how they felt a growing factionalism had created a safe space for antisemitic views inside the party.

Labour responded by accusing me of having flouted journalistic ethics. I had, Labour alleged, knowingly promoted falsehoods and invented quotes. I had misrepresented and fabricated facts. 

It was, the party claimed, all part of my “deliberate and malicious” attempt “to mislead the public.”