Sir Keir Starmer’s campaign manager failed to declare £700,000 in donations amid concern that some of the funds came from a Jewish donor who needed to be protected from anti-Semitism in the Labour Party, The Telegraph has learned.
Morgan McSweeney’s think tank was investigated by the Electoral Commission after he failed to register donations received by Labour Together, an organisation he ran until 2020, when he became Sir Keir’s chief of staff.
Now The Telegraph has learnt that during the time Mr McSweeney failed to register support from millionaire venture capitalists and businessmen, concerns had been raised about protecting a high-profile Jewish donor.
Well-placed sources said that senior figures at the think tank wanted to ensure that Sir Trevor Chinn, who is a director of the organisation and a regular donor, kept a low profile because of “growing” anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.
It’s that they were worried enough about their own party’s antisemitism to actu illegally.
……..but not too worried to take the money.
Hypocrites but hey they’re politicians.
Protection racketeers are not necessarily hypocrites.
“We need to take it from the Chinn.”
What sort of idiot would give money to a party like that?
Ah, The Hongs, the Sungs, the Tangs, the Fongs, and the McSweeneys.
Jewish donors to antisemitic parties: the main thing they need to be protected from is themselves.
I think it is safe to say that the motive was to hide from the party’s largely antisemitic membership that they were accepting Jewish money.