Labour has today dropped its legal fights against Corbynista operators including Milne and Murphy. A statement confirms:

“The Party is discontinuing its legal claims against Karie Murphy, Seumas Milne, Georgie Robertson, Harry Hayball and Laura Murray on a ‘no order as to costs’ basis. The five welcome the resolution of the claims.”

Co-conspirators will remember the heady days around Corbyn’s removal in 2020, when a hyper-factional Corbynite report blaming hyper-factionalism for the party’s antisemitism failures miraculously made its way into press hands. Labour under Starmer pushed to prove that the Corbyn top set “entered into a conspiracy to use unlawful means… to provide a copy (or copies) of the Report to the press“. Millions of pounds later, Labour is giving up the ghost…

Labour had previously asked the High Court to delay full hearing proceedings until early 2025. The five accused always denied the claims. The legal case was seen as a gamble when it was launched – four years should be enough to confirm it hasn’t paid off…