




Mark Houlbrook
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@mark4thorne
Doncaster Armed Forces Champion, Town Councillor, Deputy Mayor. Former Mayor, Ward Councillor, & Cabinet Member for City of Doncaster Council















Possibly the most bizarre intervention from anyone over madcap period of last 48 hours was Margaret Hodge on Newsnight depicting the attempt by Keir Starmer’s office to secure an ambassadorship for Matthew Doyle as some sort of redeployment scheme for unemployed No 10 staff.


🔴 There were plenty of high-drama moments, described by one senior Government source as “bombshells”. But the disappointed tone of Sir Olly Robbins’s evidence gave away an even more concerning fact: Whitehall is turning against Sir Keir Starmer. Read @Tony_Diver's full analysis ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

Margaret Hodge, who was given a peerage by Keir Starmer, says there's nothing wrong with cronyism. Hodge is currently the governments official anti corruption champion.

Widespread concerns expressed in a number of constituency Labour Parties about potential vote rigging & interference in selections linked to the toxic culture of factionalism that has taken hold over the last few years. This warrants an independent inquiry bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…








UK Green Party leader dances on stage while hosting a ‘House Against Hate’ rally to protest against the “far right.”




“Naive” - Incredible Simons has deployed the Mandelson excuse strategy. We now know in addition to commissioning an agency that investigated journalists & reported smears against them, it also collected information on MPs. We need an independent inquiry. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…



This simply won't wash. It wasn’t just journalists who were targeted by Labour Together's private investigators. It appears Labour MPs were targeted too. Their investigators have delayed sending their material to me because of the "large volume" they hold on me. We need an independent inquiry into Labour Together.