Labour Suspension EXPOSES Starmer's MASSIVE Failings

Right, so the arrest of Labour MP and West of England Mayor Dan Norris, resulting in his suspension from the Labour party over allegations of the most depraved of crimes are very much the actions of a party that has been caught out. Norris was one of Starmer’s high profile supposedly ‘high quality’ candidates, yet these allegations, which reportedly date back to the Blair era, have not only exposed the moral failings of an individual politician but have also cast a damning light on the systemic corruption, factional favouritism, and ethical decay within Keir Starmer’s Labour Party.
This scandal also comes at the worst possible time for Labour, just weeks before crucial local elections and you always wonder about he timing of such matters actually getting reported in the media, we saw this convenient timing when Boris Johnson became a liability, so iss Starmer’s time as the establishment’s chosen one similarly ending now too I wonder, becoming more and more unpopular as he is? The public, already disillusioned by years of Tory incompetence and cruelty, now sees Labour—the supposed alternative, the supposed change—embroiled in yet another grotesque scandal involving one of its own. Worse still, Norris is not an isolated case as we’ve seen over the last several months certainly. He is merely the latest in a long line of Labour right-wing figures accused of serious crimes, raising urgent questions about Starmer’s judgement, the integrity of Labour’s selection processes which were already mired in interference allegations, and whether the party as it has become more right wing, has become a home for predators and political opportunists rather than a vehicle for progressive change.
Right, so that was a piece of footage there that I’m pretty sure Keir Starmer would love to see buried, but with social media there is always a record and there he was, back in 2021, campaigning with Norris to become West of England mayor. A strong voice for the West of England translates to being a strong voice for Starmer, because that is how Labour selections under his leadership have gone. Green jobs Starmer spoke of then, when now its second runways at airports and GB Energy turned out to just be another private investment scam. He’ll support farmers and local businesses, great stereotyping of the West of England there Keith, and I can hear the laughter coming from both farmers after the inheritance tax debacle and small businesses going under or laying off staff as those NI tax hikes start biting. As for Marvin Rees, well, Bristol abolished his post, so so much for him!
Dan Norris has been a classic example of the kind of politician who thrives under Labour’s rigged internal selection system—loyal to the right faction, mediocre in ability, and now, horrifyingly, accused of abhorrent crimes. He was first elected as an MP in 1997 during the Blair landslide, Norris was a backbencher with little notable achievement before losing his seat in 2010 to Jacob Rees-Mogg. His political resurrection came in 2021 when he was selected as Labour’s candidate for West of England Mayor—a selection process that itself reeked of centralised control and factional interference.
You see Labour’s centralised control freakery under Keir Starmer showed itself in Norris’ mayoral campaign, one such story that is worth raising being that of Bath Constituency Labour Party, or CLP, the wealthiest Labour CLP in the country, had passed a motion in late 2020, to donate £3,600 of its own money to local foodbanks, homeless shelters, and poverty relief initiatives, but Starmer’s lot blocked this, threatening to block the release of funds if the vote were to go ahead and refer to the CLP to the party governance and legal unit. The central Party blocked its own CLP from spending its own money on its own local worthy causes, apparently this sort of thing goes against the policies and principles of the party. Instead Labour demanded the CLP come up with a plan to raise funds for Norris’ Mayoral campaign and once done then the central party might consider letting Bath CLP spend cash on those less fortunate. Labour values under Starmer evidently only apply to the advancement of loyalists over the needs of vulnerable communities and seemingly no matter what those loyalists may have done in the past, though we must assume Norris’ actions were unknown to the party at the time, you still find it hard to believe and it doesn’t say much of Labour’s vetting processes, but then belonging to the right faction seems to be the only thing that matters.
Now, with Norris arrested in relation to those much publicised crimes he is accused of, the public must ask: Did Starmer’s Labour know? Given the party’s ruthless control over candidate selections, it ought to be inconceivable that no due diligence was conducted and yet it’s so believable that it wasn’t. If Norris’ alleged crimes were known, then Labour’s leadership knowingly elevated a dangerous individual. If they were not, then their vetting processes are catastrophically negligent. Either way, Starmer’s faction bears responsibility.
Starmer’s lot might be able to hide behind this as a one off, if it were not for so many other examples and all from that right wing Labour faction.
Norris is not an anomaly. He is part of a pattern of Labour right-wing figures linked to sexual misconduct, abuse, and criminality:
There was Ivor Caplin, former Labour MP and chair of the Jewish Labour Movement who was arrested in January of this year on suspicion of child sex offences.
There was Sam Gould, the aide to health secretary Wes Streeting, was charged with indecent exposure to a mother and her child.
There was former Labour MP John Woodcock, who now goes by Lord Walney after taking a peerage from the Tories, quit Labour in 2018 amid allegations of sexual harassment, quit the party seemingly to escape the investigation.
There is currently serving Bermondsey & Old Southwark MP Neil Coyle was readmitted to Labour despite a sexual harassment warning and a racist tirade.
There is slum landlord and Ilford South MP Jas Athwal, who was selected as a Labour candidate despite an internal cover-up of sexual harassment allegations.
There was former Chester MP Chris Matheson who resigned after sexual misconduct findings, yet faced no meaningful consequences from Starmer’s leadership.
There was Thomas Dewey, a Labour councillor and organiser of the right wing Luke Akehurst led Labour First faction, who received a mere 150 hours of community service for possessing the very worst of indecent child imagery.
This litany of cases and more besides reveals an undeniable truth, that it sthe right wing faction of the Labour Party and under the leadership of Keir Starmer, that has repeatedly shielded abusers, harassers, and criminals while purging left-wing members for far lesser offences. Who got booted out for being retrospectively belonging to an affiliated body the party didn’t like? Who got thrown out for liking the Foo fighters? Who got thrown out for liking a tweet by a Green Party MP? The party’s disciplinary system is not about integrity—it is about power and maintaining that power and control above all else, including crimes such as these it would seem.
Starmer’s leadership has been defined by the systematic purging of left-wing candidates and their replacement with handpicked loyalists. The parliamentary selection process, combined with a craven weaponisation of boundary changes saw left wingers booted so thast right wingers could take those seats and we saw this happen the country over. From Sam Tarry losing out to Jas Athwal, to Mick Whitley losing out to Alison McGovern, to Beth Winter losing out to Gerald Jones. The justification was always that these new candidates, or winning candidates, win being a stretch in many cases, were “high quality”. Yet, as figures like Norris demonstrate, many have proven to be ethically and politically bankrupt, even potentially criminal.
The left of the party—trade unionists, community activists, and principled socialists—were sidelined in favour of careerists whose sole qualification was obedience to Keir Starmer. The result? A Labour Party filled with mediocre, often morally dubious representatives, while talented grassroots candidates were excluded.
Norris’ arrest is the logical endpoint of this corruption. When parties prioritise factional loyalty over merit and integrity, they become magnets for the worst kinds of people.
Unsurprisingly, the far right—particularly Reform UK supporters—have seized on Norris’ arrest to gloat. Many are under the misapprehension that Labour is a left wing party, but compared to them, pretty much everything is left wing. But I’m not about to let them off with their sanctimony here either. Reform UK has its own parade of scandal-hit candidates, not least in just the last few days, two candidates suspended going into the local elections in as many days with Miriam Thomas being suspended after Islamophobic social media posts emerged claiming Islam to be a false religion, which, given it shares its origins with both Judaism and Christianity is as ignorant as it is racist and another Reform candidate, Steven Hartley was dropped after making claims that Jimmy Savile was a working class hero and his role model.
Nigel Farage’s boasts about Reform’s robust vetting, the highest standard of vetting have completely collapsed under basic scrutiny. So look to your own first if you are going to criticise others.
The arrest of Dan Norris, with judicial process due and these accusations remain allegations at this point, is still a political indictment of Starmer’s Labour. A party that rigs selections and protects its own while expelling socialists is not fit to govern, is no democratic and this arrest, combined with other examples I’ve mentioned here and more, make a mockery of due diligence within the party.
As local elections approach, voters must ask themselves: Can they trust a Labour Party that has repeatedly put power before principle, power before we the people, party before all else? The answer, for many, will be a resounding no.
There needs to be an independent inquiry into how Norris was selected despite his alleged crimes, were they known about and what about all the other allegations of interference by the central Labour Party in candidate selections nationwide? We know about so many cases, was due diligence done, or was it just the right Starmery sort chosen regardless of background? It’s an uninvestigated national scandal that needs combing over, now more than ever.
I would also suggest the end of factional purges and restore democratic candidate selections, but who on the left is genuinely still left in the party for this to make much of a difference anymore? Labour is dead, Starmer has killed it, the Party started by a Keir is being ended by one too, but populist movements led by and funded by millionaires who are absolutely no better in these stakes, like Reform UK, are not the answer either.
Of course we know Starmer’s authoritarianism extends far beyond his own candidates and how they get selected, it extends to all of us if we dare protest, but despite arrests, some will not back down, namely Youth Demand, as the fallout from the Met Police’s raid on the Quaker Meeting House last week continued to be felt this week, heaping more bad news and bad headlines on Starmer and Co, so get all the latest details on that story in this video recommendation here as your suggested next watch. Please do also hit like, share and subscribe if you haven’t already done so, so as to ensure you don’t miss out on all new daily content as well as supporting the channel at the same time which is very much appreciated, holding power to account for ordinary working class people and I will hopefully catch you on the next vid. Cheers folks.