When stories first emerged about a new tell-all book on Keir Starmer’s ruthless rise to power, Corbynites got predictably excited. The work by Paul Holden – titled The Fraud – has not quite proved to be the thing which finally does for this besieged No. 10 team. But it does, however, contain some interesting details on Morgan McSweeney’s role in Starmer’s rise. The all-powerful Downing Street chief of staff has enjoyed a 25-year career in progressive politics – including helping to set up the grandly-titled ‘Centre for Countering Digital Hate’ (CCDH) back in 2018.
Last October, Steerpike covered how the CCDH had threatened to ‘kill Musk’s Twitter’, pointing out the extensive links between CCDH and the Labour party. At that time, Mr Steerpike sent a press request to the Department f