Labour MPs are gunning for ‘lying bastard’ Morgan McSweeney

Two Labour MPs have separately issued strong responses to the government’s handling of the Morgan McSweeney phone scandal. Richard Burgon provided his in the form of a Parliamentary Written Question; Karl Turner, meanwhile, called McSweeney a “lying bastard”:

BREAKING: Labour MP says “lying bastard” Morgan McSweeney is “still running the job”.

Following my investigation yesterday into McSweeney’s unlikely account of a “phone theft”, the MP for East Hull, @KarlTurnerMP, has granted me an exclusive interview.

Here’s what he told me:🧵 pic.twitter.com/oegLcdSisg

— Jody McIntyre (@jodymcintyre_) March 26, 2026

McSwindle

As we reported, Morgan McSweeney is Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff. He resigned in resigned in disgrace in February this year to take the fall for hiring Peter Mandelson — a close associate of the international paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Now, it’s emerged that McSweeney conveniently had his phone stolen not long after Mandelson got the boot. This has led to the accusation that McSweeney faked this event as cover to permanently delete messages:

Q: Critics say the theft and botched investigation of Morgan McSweeney’s phone stinks of a cover-up. Can you understand why people are suspicious about this phone being stolen just as the Mandelson scandal was unfolding? https://t.co/nDvTL34qZj

— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) March 26, 2026

Speaking to Canary contributor Jody McIntyre, Labour MP Karl Turner said the following:

This morning on Sky News, Keir Starmer said that it is “a little bit far-fetched” to think that McSweeney could have known that “sometime in the future there would be a request for the phone”.

Labour MP Karl Turner told me this morning that the statement is “absolute bollocks”. pic.twitter.com/ANxfikYWai

— Jody McIntyre (@jodymcintyre_) March 26, 2026

Labour’s Karl Turner told me that he’s not the only MP wary of McSweeney’s version of events.

“We all think it’s f***ing nonsense. The only one’s who will stick by McSweeney are the 2024 intake. The McSweeney, Mandelson, Doyle, and Faulding selections.”

The inner circle. pic.twitter.com/MRNPSr3Brj

— Jody McIntyre (@jodymcintyre_) March 26, 2026

Explosively, Turner has alleged that McSweeney is still the puppet master behind our muppet prime minister:

The MP for East Hull admitted to having an “association” with Peter Mandelson himself, but said:

“With McSwindle, [Peter] Kyle, [Steve] Reed, and [Wes] Streeting, it’s more than an association…they’re very close friends!”

Streeting + Reed have both lied in defending McSweeney. pic.twitter.com/OCGXQ1DFOX

— Jody McIntyre (@jodymcintyre_) March 26, 2026

Turner is one of many to note that McSweeney’s story doesn’t make sense. According to the disgraced McSweeney, he called the police, gave them the wrong details, and then called it a day. Like the rest of us, Turner simply can’t believe that:

Labour MP Karl Turner told me this morning: “I would say to Starmer: ‘Don’t protect McSwindle! You can’t confirm what he’s saying!’

Let’s get to the real issue: the whole world is at war because we’ve got a mad bastard in the White House indiscriminately bombing countries.” pic.twitter.com/gyJRP0kAu9

— Jody McIntyre (@jodymcintyre_) March 26, 2026

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Turner isn’t the only Labour MP taking the government to task. Richard Burgon announced the following:

I’ve submitted these formal Parliamentary Written Questions following reports that Morgan McSweeney’s phone was stolen.

Given the serious impact this could have on getting the truth about the Mandelson scandal (and even on the Labour Together scandal), we need answers.

Burgon is demanding to know:

Given the track record of Starmer’s government, we can’t imagine we’ll get plausible answers to these questions. The more the pressure builds, though, the sooner Labour will have to force the PM out, and the sooner the better.

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