Ridding politics of people like Simons is not just desirable

Posted on March 1 2026

The Labour minister Josh Simons has resigned from the government after the Guardian revealed that he falsely linked reporters to a “pro-Kremlin” network in emails to GCHQ despite having claimed to be “surprised” and “furious” about a PR firm's investigation into their journalism.

Simons, who had been a Cabinet Office minister, previously ran the thinktank Labour Together. He quit on Saturday, saying his position in office had become “a distraction from this government's important work.”

Simons peddled falsehoods.

Simons 'Labour Together' was about destroying the left and ejecting it from the party.

Simons has supported Zionism, as do most in the current Labour leadership, with all its toxic consequences.

Simons was intent on undermining democracy.

Simons do not give a damn about ethics.

Nor did Starmer, who knew exactly what he was about.

We need to be rid of this corrupt neoliberalism.

Simons might have gone as a minister. Many remain. And he is still an MP, supporting a government that is rotten to its core.

And all around us, the consequences of his actions are being seen.

Ridding politics of people like Simons is not just desirable; it is a precondition for the survival of democracy.

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6 Responses

SimonW says:

March 1 2026 at 10:08 am

Just dropped by to say, not all Simons!

But the one mentioned above definitely needed to go, as do those sharing his throughly corrupted politics.

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Ian Tresman says:

March 1 2026 at 10:32 am

Why has he not resigned as an MP?

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- Glenn says:
  
  March 1 2026 at 1:07 pm
  
  It would do everyone good to see six Green MPs in Parliament!
  
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Pilgrim Slight Return says:

March 1 2026 at 12:33 pm

I can only find some comfort in the fact that having grown up with the threat of Trotskyists among us, it is in reality the Right wing of an old social movement that practices such politics.

What do they say about fascists?

That they always get their accusation of what they actually do to their opponents in first.

Indeed.

‘Sovereign is he who makes the exception’.

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Bob Forsyth says:

March 1 2026 at 1:14 pm

“Why has he not resigned as an MP?” The right wing members of the Labour Party are very little different to Tories – they hate (vehemently hate) the Left. The only real difference is that they are able to clothe themselves in an aura of “caring” provided by wearing a Labour Party badge. They have no shame and they are extremely devious and well organised. They have totally hollowed out the Labour Party, it now has little relevance; a situation I welcome with open arms. I can actually see a progressive way forward uncluttered with the right-wing Labour Party barricade.

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Terry McGinn says:

March 1 2026 at 9:08 pm

This piece by Paul Knaggs expands on your points and suggests that the system that has given rise to Mr Simons remains. And sadly, he also seems to suggest that one of the “lessons learnt” will be that every now and then someone has to take one for the team.
https://labourheartlands.com/cleared-but-not-clean/

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