The Labour Files — Season 1
The biggest leak of confidential files in British political history
About this season
An investigation based on the largest leak of documents in British political history. The Labour Files examines thousands of internal documents, emails and social media messages to reveal how senior officials in one of the two parties of government in the UK ran a coup by stealth against the elected leader of the party. The program will show how officials set about silencing, excluding and expelling its own members in a ruthless campaign to destroy the chances of Jeremy Corbyn becoming Britain’s prime minister. Candidates for key political roles were blocked and constituency groups suspended as the party’s central office sought to control the elected leadership.
Episodes (5)
1. The Purge
Aired 23 September 2022 • 74 min
How bureaucrats in Britain's Labour party crush democracy in its own ranks to weaken its elected leader and silence the party membership.
2. The Crisis
Aired 25 September 2022 • 84 min
The disturbing truth behind the Labour Party's so-called "anti-Semitism crisis" that helps destroy the party leader and silence debate on Israel and Palestine.
3. The Hierarchy
Aired 27 September 2022 • 55 min
How the senior ranks of Britain's Labour Party create a hierarchy of racism by prioritising anti Semitism over Islamophobia and other forms of discrimination.
4. The Spying Game
Aired 30 September 2022 • 21 min
In the final episode of The Labour Files – The Spying Game – Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit tells the sinister story of how The Labour Party used hacked data from a journalist to investigate their own members who were critical of the party.
5. The Forde Response
Aired 16 March 2023 • 13 min
For the first time, independent barrister Martin forde KC speaks about his report on racism and factionalism in the British Labour Party.