The Mandelson scandal reveals a political settlement in which democratic choice is curtailed and the power of markets eclipses the will of voters – only the left can challenge this, writes JON TRICKETT MP
More cronyism at the top
SOLOMON HUGHES takes a look at the background of the new Chief Inspector of Prisons, Gove protégé Charlie Taylor
NEW ROLE:
Charlie Taylor (left) pictured with then education secretary Michael Gove in 2011
Corbyn’s intervention exposes a corrupted system, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Paul Holden’s book, The Fraud, exposes a hidden war inside Labour, where claims of anti-semitism, amplified by media power and factional networks, were used to break Corbynism and recast the party. JOHN ELLISON revisits the scandals, investigations and suppressed evidence from that era
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Paul Holden’s The Fraud reveals how a network of donors, MPs and opaque organisations quietly organised to destroy Corbyn’s leadership and manufacture a new centre of power inside Labour, writes JOHN ELLISON
Systems of power enable, excuse and normalise abuse, while survivors are ignored and women’s exploitation is repackaged as commerce and choice, warns CHARLIE WEINBERG
LAST MONTH Justice Secretary Robert Buckland announced that Charlie Taylor, an Eton contemporary of David Cameron and long-running Tory special adviser, is the new Chief Inspector of Prisons.
The Prisons Inspector has to be independent of government, but Taylor’s long association with the Conservatives makes this appointment look cronyish.
Taylor was head of a small school for children with special needs in 2011 when Michael Gove employed him as a special adviser.
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