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The Labour Party becomes the Lobbyists Party
SOLOMON HUGHES probes the reprised role of Lexington Communications – key player in the 1999 cash-for-access scandal
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer meets customers at the Cupcake Coffee Box during a visit to the High Street in Kirkcaldy, Fife, May 25, 2023
NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
IF YOU want to see an example of how the Labour Party under “moderate” leadership becomes the Lobbyists Party, there are plenty you could pick.
Let’s take Lexington Communications. It is a useful example because it was also involved in the New Labour government’s 1999 “cash-for-access” scandal. It seems very likely we will see a repeat of this scandal if/when a new Labour government forms in 2024.
Lexington is a lobbying firm that promises to help corporations “influence decision-makers and stakeholders, and shape the world in which our clients operate.”
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