so it looks like there's some social media cleansing going on to support his carpetbagging candidacy in North Durham. Here's one of his tweets that's now gone:



I say "gone", they would be gone, but people keep posting screencaps of them as replies to his tweets, along with a few fakes, so caution is required. The screencap above has been verified: https://metro.co.uk/2024/05/30/labour-candidate-defends-describing-un-antisemitic-20942514/

I don't recall discussing him here myself. Given his leading role in vilifying and opposing Corbyn, that may have been the context in which any conversations took place.

Has a reputation going back to his student days. More Blairite than Blair himself, ultra-factional and Machiavellian with it. Hated by the left of the party, and a perfect representation of the internal politics that does so much to ruin the Labour party for so many people (myself included).

I first came across him in 2007, when he was a prominent Labour blogger. He's on Labour's NEC and he's blatantly been up to selection shenanigans this election. Which among other things has got him the candidacy for Durham North in an incredibly shameless act of carpetbagging.

At present a lot of anti-Akehust sentiment focuses on his long time support of Israel. Which is something he will happily spin to his advantage. However, there are many other issues with Akehurst that are likely to make him a liability for Starmer in parliament.