LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer has been asked to condemn a “vicious campaign of censorship” against a film exposing the truth about the conspiracy of lies and abuse to remove Jeremy Corbyn from Labour’s leadership.

The film Oh Jeremy Corbyn — The Big Lie was produced by Norman Thomas and released in February.

It has been shown at dozens of venues but has been blocked at many others, including at Glastonbury and the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival, where, before its cancellation due to adverse weather, festival sponsors the TUC said it could not be shown despite having been booked as part of a radical film festival.

The film accuses Sir Keir of playing a “treacherous role” in Mr Corbyn’s shadow cabinet, which contributed to Labour losing the 2019 general election, of “lying his way to the leadership of the Labour Party” and of “conducting a ruthless, unprecedented witch-hunt inside the party.”

Mr Thomas says that since the film was launched there had been “threats, abuse and intimidation” against people wanting to screen it, including against Labour Party members.

He said: “We don’t know how deeply Keir Starmer or his supporters are involved in this vicious campaign of censorship, but I call on him to condemn it and condemn it in the strongest terms.”

He accused the Labour Party of preventing freedom of speech.

“Freedom of speech in Starmer’s Labour Party is a dirty word,” he said. 

“People who speak out or even speak slightly off message get kicked out. But the really frightening prospect is what Starmer will do if he gets into power.”

The Labour Party was invited to comment.

To see a trailer, visit:youtu.be/9TACIA7oSIk.