The Labour Files (2022)

Season 1

An investigation based on the largest leak of documents in British political history. The Labour Files examines thousands of internal documents, emails and social media messages to reveal how senior officials in one of the two parties of government in the UK ran a coup by stealth against the elected leader of the party. The program will show how officials set about silencing, excluding and expelling its own members in a ruthless campaign to destroy the chances of Jeremy Corbyn becoming Britain’s prime minister. Candidates for key political roles were blocked and constituency groups suspended as the party’s central office sought to control the elected leadership.

Released Sept. 23, 2022 Episode 49 min None+

Genres: Documentary, News

Keywords: tmdb.corruption, tmdb.politics, tmdb.racism, tmdb.political-cover-up, tmdb.keir-starmer, tmdb.al-jazeera, tmdb.antisemitism

Production Companies: Al Jazeera English

Network: Al Jazeera English

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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7.6

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S1E1 - The Purge

How bureaucrats in Britain's Labour party crush democracy in its own ranks to weaken its elected leader and silence the party membership.

Sept. 23, 2022, midnight

S1E2 - The Crisis

The disturbing truth behind the Labour Party's so-called "anti-Semitism crisis" that helps destroy the party leader and silence debate on Israel and Palestine.

Sept. 25, 2022, midnight

S1E3 - The Hierarchy

How the senior ranks of Britain's Labour Party create a hierarchy of racism by prioritising anti Semitism over Islamophobia and other forms of discrimination.

Sept. 27, 2022, midnight

S1E4 - The Spying Game

In the final episode of The Labour Files – The Spying Game – Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit tells the sinister story of how The Labour Party used hacked data from a journalist to investigate their own members who were critical of the party.

Sept. 30, 2022, midnight

S1E5 - The Forde Response

For the first time, independent barrister Martin forde KC speaks about his report on racism and factionalism in the British Labour Party.

March 16, 2023, midnight

Network: Al Jazeera English

Episode Runtime: 49 min.

Season Runtime: 247 min.

Released: Sept. 23, 2022

Last Air Date: March 16, 2023, midnight

Status: Ended

Certification: NR

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