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The Labour leadership contest has erupted into a bitter row after the frontrunner’s campaign team were forced to vehemently deny claims they had hacked into party membership data.

Keir Starmer campaign denies hacking claim in Labour leadership row

Team say inquiry only began after it raised concerns about data use of rival Rebecca Long-Bailey

The row began after Labour officials wrote to two members of Starmer’s team accusing them of effectively hacking into the party’s membership database. The complaint has been referred to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Within days of the referral being made on Thursday, news of the process was passed to the BBC. The BBC declined to say who had passed on the information. (Guardian)

PorFavor wrote:

The Labour leadership contest has erupted into a bitter row after the frontrunner’s campaign team were forced to vehemently deny claims they had hacked into party membership data.

Keir Starmer campaign denies hacking claim in Labour leadership row

Team say inquiry only began after it raised concerns about data use of rival Rebecca Long-Bailey

The row began after Labour officials wrote to two members of Starmer’s team accusing them of effectively hacking into the party’s membership database. The complaint has been referred to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Within days of the referral being made on Thursday, news of the process was passed to the BBC. The BBC declined to say who had passed on the information. (Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ong-bailey

Edited to add the beginning. Which is a very good place to start.

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HindleA wrote:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 24066.html

A close friend and adviser of Jeremy Corbyn has revealed how a “corridor cabal” of his top aides sabotaged Labour’s election campaign, blaming them for the party’s catastrophic defeat.

The explosive post-mortem heaps responsibility on the key allies – director of communications, Seumas Milne; chief of staff, Karie Murphy; and Andrew Murray, a veteran communist – for organisational chaos and for “suffocating” the leader himself.

It carries huge weight because it was written by left-winger Alan Simpson, a former Socialist Campaign Group MP and flatmate of Mr Corbyn, who returned to frontline politics to advise him on sustainable economics.

It also follows an internal report that was widely ridiculed for excusing Mr Corbyn and claiming his Brexit policy, backing a new referendum, played the “decisive role” in handing Boris Johnson victory.

In stark contrast, Mr Simpson accuses the leader’s closest aides of “catastrophic misjudgement and ill-focused organisation” and an “obsession” with controlling both the leader and his message.

“Jeremy will inevitably carry much of the blame,” reads Mr Simpson’s submission to an independent review into the election disaster.

“But Labour’s deeper problems lie more in the cadre of senior advisers surrounding Corbyn. None should be allowed within a million miles of Labour’s rebuilding.

“People who’d never negotiated anything more than an extended tea-break were left in charge of the policy sifting process.”

citizenJA wrote:

PorFavor wrote:

The Labour leadership contest has erupted into a bitter row after the frontrunner’s campaign team were forced to vehemently deny claims they had hacked into party membership data.

Keir Starmer campaign denies hacking claim in Labour leadership row

Team say inquiry only began after it raised concerns about data use of rival Rebecca Long-Bailey

The row began after Labour officials wrote to two members of Starmer’s team accusing them of effectively hacking into the party’s membership database. The complaint has been referred to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Within days of the referral being made on Thursday, news of the process was passed to the BBC. The BBC declined to say who had passed on the information. (Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ong-bailey

Edited to add the beginning. Which is a very good place to start.

I don't understand. How can Labour party team members looking at Labour party membership information be considered, "hacking"?