{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65f42e61a0626800170ad90d/69b435ca63444515f9d0842a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Years of Smears, with Paul Holden (E02)","description":"<p>Macroom man Morgan McSweeney and his chosen frontman Keir Starmer engineered a vicious campaign to crush the Left and usher in a Labour Party leadership more in tune with the Mandelson-Epstein axis.</p><p>Paul Holden has written the definitive book about this project – and been on the receiving end of the same cynical smearing that powered Starmer's ascent.</p><p>The Party Line, the new podcast from The Ditch, is hosted this week by Harry Browne and Paulie Doyle.</p><p>The Fraud is published by OR Books: <a href=\"https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-fraud/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-fraud/</a></p><p>'Morgan McSweeney, the workaholic Irishman who built Starmer’s Labour': <a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/4u9sucd2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://tinyurl.com/4u9sucd2</a></p><p>More on Morgan McSweeney's background here: <a href=\"https://extra.ie/2024/10/15/news/morgan-mcsweeney-father\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://extra.ie/2024/10/15/news/morgan-mcsweeney-father</a></p><p>Stories from The Ditch we discussed:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.ontheditch.com/patricks-day-government-shannon/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ontheditch.com/patricks-day-government-shannon/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ontheditch.com/psni-wont-confirm/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ontheditch.com/psni-wont-confirm/</a></p><p>Music by Fionn Dempsey</p><p>email theditchpartyline at gmail</p>","author_name":"The Ditch"}