{"id":488167,"date":"2025-10-10T11:10:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/488167\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:10:17","slug":"ic-subscribers-get-20-off-book-thats-rocked-downing-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/488167\/","title":{"rendered":"iC subscribers get 20% off book that\u2019s rocked Downing Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Inside Croydon\u2019s<\/strong> paying subscribers qualify for a massive 20% discount on a new book which has sent shockwaves through Downing Street and Westminster.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"214055\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/insidecroydon.com\/2025\/10\/10\/ic-subscribers-get-20-off-book-thats-rocked-downing-street\/the-fraud-subscriber-discount\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insidecroydon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-Fraud-Subscriber-Discount.png?fit=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Fraud \u2013 Subscriber Discount\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insidecroydon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-Fraud-Subscriber-Discount.png?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insidecroydon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-Fraud-Subscriber-Discount.png?fit=640%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-214055\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-Fraud-Subscriber-Discount.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"406\"  \/>The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy has already seen at least one aide to the Prime Minister forced to resign his influential job at No10.<\/p>\n<p>And the book has not even been published yet.<\/p>\n<p>Described as the \u201cdevastating tell-all book that could end Keir Starmer\u201d, The Fraud is written by investigative journalist Paul Holden.<\/p>\n<p>Holden has spent years researching the cover-up around \u00a3800,000-worth of dodgy donations which were never properly declared to the authorities \u2013 a near-\u00a31million fraud which threatens to dog, and possibly sink, Starmer\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>At the centre of the scandal is a shadowy organisation called Labour Together and two of its powerbrokers: Morgan McSweeney, a former Lambeth Council official who worked for a public relations company based in Croydon, and Steve Reed, his former boss in Brixton and, since 2012, a Croydon MP.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Described by one reviewer as \u201cmeticulous, explosive, essential\u201d, according to <strong>Inside Croydon<\/strong> columnist Andrew Fisher, The Fraud \u201cshows the contempt with which senior Labour figures around Keir Starmer hold\u2026 the truth, decency and the law\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Fisher\u2019s coruscatingly frank review of The Fraud will be published by <strong>Inside Croydon<\/strong> this Sunday. And on Monday, this website will be running an exclusive extract from the book about how an unlawful hack attack was carried out against this website in order to spy on three hard-working Croydon Labour councillors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214059\" data-attachment-id=\"214059\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/insidecroydon.com\/2025\/10\/10\/ic-subscribers-get-20-off-book-thats-rocked-downing-street\/img_29231\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insidecroydon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_29231-rotated-e1760091580694.jpg?fit=4032%2C2372&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,2372\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1760094187&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0058479532163743&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Daily Mail headline police probe into \u00a3700,000 donations\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Headline news: snippets from Paul Holden\u2019s new book, The Fraud, have been keeping Fleet Street busy for the past month&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insidecroydon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_29231-rotated-e1760091580694.jpg?fit=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insidecroydon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_29231-rotated-e1760091580694.jpg?fit=640%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-214059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_29231-rotated-e1760091580694-1024x602.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"344\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-214059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Headline news:<\/strong> snippets from Paul Holden\u2019s new book, The Fraud, have been keeping Fleet Street busy for the past month<\/p>\n<p>But you can order your copy now and save \u00a34 on the cover price with a special online discount code which is being sent by direct message to our paid-up Patreon subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>The 20% discount offer applies until the end of October.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orbooks.com\/catalog\/the-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Order your copy of The Fraud today from publishers OR Books by clicking here.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And if you sign up as an <strong>Inside Croydon<\/strong> patron, you\u2019ll get the discount code to save you 20%, just one of the benefits that come with supporting our local journalism.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/insidecroydon.com\/2022\/10\/01\/thelabourfiles-mp-reed-evans-and-the-croydon-connection\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TheLabourFiles: MP Reed, Evans and the Croydon connection<\/a><br \/>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/insidecroydon.com\/2022\/10\/25\/thelabourfiles-source-of-hacked-data-worked-for-evans\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TheLabourFiles: Source of hacked data worked for Evans<\/a><br \/>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/insidecroydon.com\/2022\/10\/26\/no-records-after-council-hired-starmer-ally-to-advise-leader\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018No records\u2019 after council hired Starmer ally to advise leader<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"99205\" 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