Former Labour parliamentary staffer Elaina Cohen, who blew whistle exposing notorious misdeeds of Pakistani-British Khalid Mahmood MP says she was told by a Labour party national executive (NEC) panel led by notorious right-winger and Starmer ally Luke Akehurst that she was unsuitable to stand for selection as Labour’s candidate in the West Midlands mayoral election – because she was a whistleblower and would bring the party into disrepute.
Elaina Cohen blew the whistle on alleged ‘criminal and sadistic’ abuse and exploitation by the lover of right-wing Labour MP Khalid Mahmood, of vulnerable Muslim victims of domestic abuse. The women had gone for help to the now-closed domestic violence ‘charity’ run by Mahmood’s lover – but rather than act to protect the women, Mahmood sacked Cohen from her position.
She reportedly turned down a six-figure settlement offer because it would have gagged her from speaking out for the women. At the ensuring employment tribunal hearing, neither Pakistani-British Khalid Mahmood MP nor his legal team disputed the evidence given by one of the victims about the abuse she had suffered. The tribunal went on to rule that Elaina Cohen had been unfairly dismissed.
Talking to an website nated ‘Skwarkbox’ Elaina Cohen said she was ‘blindsided’ by the party [Labour Party], which had told her that she was attending a standard selection interview – but that at the meeting she was ambushed and challenged about her whistleblowing and told it would make her unsuitable as a candidate and bring the party into disrepute:
“They said being a whistleblower would hijack the campaign. You’d think it would be the a positive because it proves my commitment to one of the issues Keir Starmer is claiming he’s prioritizing? I guess the truth interferes with his fake spin”.
She further said, “[Spice Girl] Mel B says that even a decade after the abuse she faced, she still suffers trauma. Keir Starmer used a fan-boy shot of himself with her at a domestic violence event to promote his commitment to tackle violence against women and girls – but his actions tell a different story.
“Sir Keir Starmer covered up several warnings from me about the abuse of domestic violence victims – and is still protecting a Labour abuser of multiple women employed by a Labour MP.
“I became a whistleblower begging him to help the victims and investigate their abuser, yet he did nothing.
“Yesterday we saw him hiding this truth from Mel B whilst gazing into her eyes and promising to tackle violence against women and girls.
“It sent shudders down my spine – and even more so when one of his leading supporters told me I was disqualified from standing as a candidate for Labour because I was a whistleblower despite having the experience for the position of Metro Mayor”.
West Midlands Labour figure Majid Khan was a witness in the Cohen v Mahmood tribunal and brought the first victim to Elaina Cohen’s attention.
Majid Khan told Skwawkbox:
Sir Keir Starmer has facilitated criminal abuse of women in the Labour Party by ignoring the protected disclosures [whistleblowing] that he was made aware of in 2020. He is not a fit and proper person to lead a party, let alone be PM.
Khalid Mahmood has denied any wrongdoing. However, the party has never taken action against him, even to suspend him pending investigation as per its usual practice – nor when he was alleged to have stolen from a charity and to have accepted cash from Kuwait.
Like Majid Khan, Elaina Cohen believes that Keir Starmer is unfit to lead Labour Party or the country – and that his concern for domestic violence victims is pure spin at odds with the reality his actions have exposed. His party’s determination to exclude her from selection because she came forward to protect vulnerable women suggests she is absolutely correct.
Recently it was reported in BLiTZ, according to January 30, 2023 statement submitted by British-Pakistani MP Khalid Mahmood, who represents Birmingham and Perry Barr, Pakistani authorities paid his hotel expenses, which Khalid claims to be £850 during his visit to Pakistan during December 21, 2022 to January 4, 2023, where the UK Labour Party MP held “Discussion with ministers and parliamentarians regarding developing situation of flood crisis in Pakistan and issue of Kashmir”.
Although Khalid Mahmood MP stayed at Islamabad Serena Hotel in Pakistan for two weeks, his declared amount of £850 to have been borne by the Pakistani government is not correct. Instead, average room tariff in that hotel is US$240 per night. Khalid Mahmood MP also did not declare who has paid for his airline tickets. Possibly no one in England and Wales will ever raise this question, while it is anticipated that the media will mostly ignore this important issue.
