Josh Simons MP embodies a surprisingly high number of the worst attributes of the #Starmer / #McSweeney / #Mandelson axis. He was parachuted into a safe seat by the Labour NEC, when he should really have been expelled.

Now he has been allowed to resign as a minister, when he should have been dismissed.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/28/minister-josh-simons-resigns-labour-together / https://archive.is/wiqwf

#ukpol #IabourParty #LabourTofether

Labour minister Josh Simons resigns after falsely linking journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network

Makerfield MP had been under pressure concerning thinktank’s commissioning of PR firm to investigate reporters

The Guardian