{"id":90477,"date":"2026-03-01T09:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T09:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=90477"},"modified":"2026-03-01T09:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T09:35:22","slug":"ridding-politics-of-people-like-simons-is-not-just-desirable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/03\/01\/ridding-politics-of-people-like-simons-is-not-just-desirable\/","title":{"rendered":"Ridding politics of people like Simons is not just desirable"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Guardian reported<\/a> this yesterday:<\/p>\n

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The Labour minister Josh Simons has resigned from the government after the Guardian revealed that he falsely\u00a0linked reporters to a \u201cpro-Kremlin\u201d network<\/a>\u00a0in emails to GCHQ despite having claimed to be \u201csurprised\u201d and \u201cfurious\u201d about a PR firm\u2019s investigation into their journalism.<\/p>\n

Simons, who had been a Cabinet Office minister, previously ran the thinktank\u00a0Labour<\/a>\u00a0Together. He quit on Saturday, saying his position in office had become \u201ca distraction from this government\u2019s important work.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What is there to say?<\/div>\n
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Simons peddled falsehoods.<\/div>\n
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Simons 'Labour Together' was about destroying the left and ejecting it from the party.<\/div>\n
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Simons has supported Zionism, as do most in the current Labour leadership, with all its toxic consequences.<\/a><\/div>\n
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Simons was intent on undermining democracy.<\/div>\n
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Simons do not give a damn about ethics.<\/div>\n
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Nor did Starmer, who knew exactly what he was about.<\/div>\n
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We need to be rid of this corrupt neoliberalism.<\/div>\n
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Simons might have gone as a minister. Many remain. And he is still an MP, supporting a government that is rotten to its core.<\/div>\n
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And all around us, the consequences of his actions are being seen.<\/div>\n
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Ridding politics of people like Simons is not just desirable; it is a precondition for the survival of democracy.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Guardian reported this yesterday: The Labour minister Josh Simons has resigned from the government after the Guardian revealed that he falsely\u00a0linked reporters to a
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