Keir #Starmer’s inner circle were informed that #LabourParty Together were spying on journalists.

This is a Joint Statement by #PaulHolden and #AndrewFeinstein regarding Labour Together, #APCO and the #LabourParty.

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@2legged A screenshot of black text on a white background, with "Copy Share Select all Web search" at the top right. The text begins by calling on Sir Keer Starmer to clarify, describing a "despicable project" where Labour Together reported "us" to the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) based on "false and highly defamatory allegations" shared with a newspaper. It states that documents show Morgan McSweeney and Paul Ovenden were aware of an APCO and Labour Together investigation into "us" since at least January 2024. The text describes emails showing Simons arranging a meeting with Ovenden, McSweeney, and Tom Harper, noting a redacted third Labour employee was also copied into the correspondence. The text concludes by stating that [@]PeterKGeoghegan and Democracy for Sale confirmed the intended meeting took place with a Labour Party source.

A screenshot of text on a light background with a mobile text selection menu overlaid near the top. The menu contains the options 'Copy', 'Share', 'Select all', and 'Web search'. The verbatim text is: "Second, they show that APCO's Tom Harper actively coached Josh Simons and Labour Together on how to us to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a part of GCHQ. Harper provided text for Simons to submit to the NCSC. The decision to complain about us to the NCSC was made only days after Simons had emailed McSweeney, Ovenden and Harper about APCO's upcoming report into its contents. Third, Josh Simons has repeatedly claimed in public that he appointed APCO to investigate a 'hack' of Labour Together materials. But the new documents show that Labour Together and Simons did not conduct any meaningful cybersecurity review to establish whether materials had been hacked from Labour Together, or where else they may have been sourced from. from. Labour Together did, however, appoint a cybersecurity expert to review a potential hack in late 2025. This review, a summary of which has now been disclosed to us, shows that there was no 'hack' of Labour Together. This is obviously true, as we have repeatedly explained that the investigation into Labour Together was based on documents legally leaked from the Labour Party by whistleblowers concerned about misconduct by the Party's most senior officials, open-source materials, and Freedom of Information requests."

A screenshot of a social media post containing three numbered paragraphs of text and a timestamp. The text reads: "Fourth, they show that Josh Simons and Labour Together told the NCSC that they were reporting us because they were concerned that Paul's reporting 'may be a co-ordinated effort to discredit Labour Together in order to undermine Mr McSweeney and by extension, Mr. Starmer in the run-up to next year's general election.' It is our view that this joint Labour Together, Labour Party and APCO operation was launched because Paul's factually accurate reporting would have shed light on the highly problematic and unlawful aspects of Sir Keir Starmer's rise to power. Fifth, they show that APCO had sent a 'case summary' to Josh Simons of Labour Together on the 20th of November 2020, on the basis of which APCO were contracted by Labour Together two days later. The 'case summary', setting out a proposed scope of work, clearly identified us as journalists. From the very beginning, therefore, APCO and Labour Together knew that they were looking to investigate journalists – the very journalists who were reporting accurately on Labour Together, Morgan McSweeney and undeclared donations. Sixth, they show that Simons wrote to an unknown person at the Labour Party in November 2023 asking for 'intel' on us. This shows that Simons' immediate response to announcement of Paul's book was to seek the assistance of the Labour Party. At the time, time, we were both Labour Party members. The reply to Simons' request has been redacted in our documents. We call on the Labour Party to release all documents to us relevant to this scandal, and to confirm whether Josh Simons, Labour Together or APCO were provided with any of our private, personal information. 2:25 PM · May 20, 2026 · 56K Views"

A screenshot of a post on X from an account named "The Fraud" ([@]StarmertheF ([@]StarmertheFraud) featuring a blue verification checkmark and a black profile icon with the word "FRAUD" in white. The post is titled "Joint Statement: Paul Holden and Andrew Feinstein Regarding Labour Together, APCO and the Labour Party." The text claims that documents from February 20 2026 show that "Labour Together and APCO targeted us, our colleagues, our associates and Paul's family with utterly false and highly defamatory allegations" with the knowledge of the Labour Party. It further states that "this highly invasive campaign was launched because of Paul's factually accurate reporting" and concludes with "We are calling for a full inquiry into Labour Together." The bottom of the screen displays interface options including "Copy," "Share," "Select all," and "Web search. search."

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