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Yesterday, I found out the Labour Party was smearing me to The Times. They insinuated that I was sexist and unfairly ascribing views to Sagal Abdi-Wali, Labour’s candidate for Holborn & St Pancras, because I have published factually accurate, hard-hitting investigations into her political record and associations. This is the second time the Labour Party has smeared me because of my factually accurate reporting exposing and scrutinising Labour Party politicians and officials. It is obvious to me why they’re doing it – because they’re scared that voters in Holborn & St Pancras will find out the truth about Sagal Abdi-Wali and vote accordingly. And they’re right to be scared. There is overwhelming evidence that there are serious questions to be asked about Sagal’s history, her funding, her political record, her political affiliations, her own conduct during this campaign, and her campaign’s repeated attempts to smear both journalists and local Muslim community groups. It seems to me that the only correct response is to set out everything we know about Sagal’s political history and record, which I do in a mega-thread below. The Labour Party would rather you not know this – so please share this widely everywhere you can, and particularly with voters in Holborn & St Pancras. They need to know who they are voting for. One last thing: I have repeatedly put right of replies and questions to Sagal’s campaign. They have never – not once – responded to a right of reply I have sent prior to publication. They have never raised issues with factual accuracy or balance. And this is a pattern – multiple journalists have now raised concerns that Sagal and her campaign have been dodging proper scrutiny. Considering how she has failed to respond to Camden residents experiencing serious housing problems, and those requesting expressions of solidarity with the people of Palestine, that’s perhaps not surprising.

The two figures on the far right of this picture (of Camden councillors celebrating Keir Starmer) are Liam Martin-Lane and Izzy Lenga. Izzy Lenga, previously pictured in a Israeli army uniform, is particularly close to Sagal Abdi-Wali, Labour candidate for Holborn& St Pancras. Lenga was the formal nominator who nominated Abdi-Wali to become leader of Camden Council. At the time Lenga was the vice-Chair of the pro-Israel Jewish Labour Movement. Martin-Lane, Abdi-Wali and Lenga were all selected as Council candidates by the Labour Party in 2022 by the Starmerite machinery that was simultaneously blocking genuinely popular left-wing councillors. Lenga was given the candidacy for Swiss Cottage only after councillor Leo Cassarani was blocked for trying to ensure new developments properly took care of potentially displaced businesses via a "call-in" process. Two other councillors from the ward refuse to stand in solidarity. In August this year, Martin-Lane (who chaired) and Izzy Lenga sat on a Planning Approval Committee meeting dominated by the Labour Group. The Committee approved a request from developer Landsec to reduce the number of affordable houses being built in a mega-development on Finchley Road from 35% to 20%. That will slash the number of affordable houses by about 150 units. Landsec made profits of £300m last year. The approval was granted despite the desperate pleas of the Fortune Green and West Hampstead Neighbourhood Forum. If you live in Camden and in a few years time, you're wondering where the affordable housing went... you can start here.