Corbyn drama ‘A Very British Sabotage’ seeks eye witnesses

Writer Joseph Tucker is working on a drama about Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party. The script will draw on Alex Nunns’ book The Candidate and Paul Holden’s recent release, The Fraud. To round out his research, he’s appealing for additional eye witnesses.

Sabotage of Corbyn

Under the working title A Very British Sabotage, the drama promises to lay bare:

the subversion of UK democracy by vandal elements within the Labour Party. They prioritised sabotage over winning an election and governing the UK at a critical point.

Both Nunns and Holden wrote about how Corbyn and his team faced huge opposition from within their own party. Holden, writing more recently, was able to show how Keir Starmer succeeded Corbyn with the grubby help of Morgan McSweeney.

Clearly the stage is set for all manner of duplicity, intrigue and back-stabbing.

Tucker has already undertaken a great deal of research but he’d still like to obtain more contextual information. To this end he’s put out an appeal for eye-witness accounts from anyone who was in the thick of it.

Tucker’s request

I am producing a drama exploring Jeremy Corbyn’s tenure as leader of the Labour Party, based on two books, The Candidate (Alex Nunns) and The Fraud (Paul Holden).

As part of my research I wish to speak confidentially with people who worked in Labour Party HQ (Southside) 2015-19. Accounts will inform dramatic reconstruction and institutional context. Identities will be handled with care. Anonymity and attribution will always be discussed and agreed in advance. All information shared will be subject to verification and corroboration.

Are you former:

• Political communications staff?
• Policy or governance staff?
• Junior employees with lived experience of internal culture?

A formal legal framework is in place to protect sources and the materials shared during this process. Material provided will not be published as standalone news reporting.

If this sounds like you, please email: [email protected]

Coming soon

Production on A Very British Sabotage should be beginning soon. So if you’ve got a story to share, please get in touch pronto. Otherwise, keep an eye out for further updates as the project moves towards release.

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