Based on Labour Party files, including some never before publicly seen, this explosive investigation exposes the intrigues, strategies, and deceptions that helped bring Sir Keir Starmer to Downing Street.

Paul Holden reveals how Keir Starmer has been the frontman for a ruthless, right-wing political project led by Morgan McSweeney, now chief of staff in Number 10 and arguably the most powerful man in Britain. McSweeney’s group often used dirty tricks to undermine the left-wing Labour leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, fueling a moral panic over antisemitism and establishing front groups that impaired prominent independent media outlets in the name of fighting ‘misinformation’.

McSweeney then guided Starmer to the Labour leadership on a platform that Starmer, once in office, almost immediately betrayed. Having taken control of the party under false pretenses, McSweeney and his allies began purging opponents, marginalizing the membership, and shifting party policies to the right.

These machinations were enabled by financial donations that McSweeney did not disclose—a violation of the law that arguably undermined Britain’s democratic system. But was McSweeney’s illegal failure to report donations a mistake—or was it deliberate?

This is a sordid story involving hacked emails, anonymous smears, dubious dossiers, cynical manipulations, and staggering hypocrisy. It traces the Labour Party’s transformation into a censorious, authoritarian machine, and raises alarms about the potential corruption of British politics by dark money.

Pages: 288, Year of Publication: 0115, Dimensions: 13.9x13.9cm