The Labour Files

“The biggest leak of confidential files in British political history”

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Season 1

5 Episodes

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.

EP 01

01.The Purge

1h 14m

2022-09-23

01.The Purge

1h 14m

Aired 2022-09-23

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

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EP 02

02.The Crisis

1h 24m

2022-09-25

02.The Crisis

1h 24m

Aired 2022-09-25

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.

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EP 03

03.The Hierarchy

55m

2022-09-27

03.The Hierarchy

55m

Aired 2022-09-27

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.

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EP 04

04.The Spying Game

21m

2022-09-30

04.The Spying Game

21m

Aired 2022-09-30

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.

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EP 05