FlyTheNest

This year, I questioned Labour grandees, including the foreign secretary, on Britain’s continued sale of crucial components for Israel’s murderous fighter jets. The next day, the party emailed me to revoke my conference pass, citing “complaints” about my “conduct”. It added that: “After careful consideration, we’ve concluded that we cannot continue your attendance while ensuring we meet our safeguarding obligations to all attendees.” Rivkah Brown, another leftwing journalist, from Novara Media, also had her pass cancelled at almost the exact same time.

Invoking “safeguarding” – as though asking uncomfortable questions about genocide somehow threatens safety – resembles Trumpian attempts to portray critique and dissent as incitement to violence. Nigel Farage similarly claims that Keir Starmer labelling his anti-migrant policies as “racist” is inciting violence against his party.

Watch well respected Guardian journalist Owen Jones YouTube video at conference.

Who was banned inside over "safeguarding" issues...

The video is self-explanatory, but fast-forward to the interview with Labour peer Lord John Mann. At 24.34, Mann aggressively snatches Owen's microphone without permission, angrily responds to Owen's perfectly reasonable question, and then proceeds to walk off with the microphone.

This is exactly what the Labour Party look like under the Starmer regime.