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Not a single mention of Wales or Scotland in May’s whole ‘deal’
Among the many problems with May’s dire Brexit ‘deal’, its issues relating Northern Ireland and its border with the Republic loom large. But the issues and wishes of Wales and Scotland do […]
The text of May’s Brexit deal that puts a border in the Irish Sea
DUP leader Arlene Foster and her MPs have said they will vote against Theresa May’s Brexit ‘deal’ – barely a Brexit at all and more a surrender of rights to […]
Excl: Kinnock – “I plan to vote against May’s Brexit deal”, not just abstain
Centrist Labour MP Stephen Kinnock told Sky News this morning that he and other centrists ‘can’t vote for that‘ – ‘that‘ being Theresa May’s ‘truckload of fudge‘ Brexit deal. However, […]
BMA: calls for ‘shambolic’ Capita to lose contract after up to 48,500 missed cancer screening info
The British Medical Association’s (BMA) General Practice division has tweeted its extreme concern about an ‘appalling’ error by private contractor Capita that led to as many as 48,500 women not […]
Video: Newsnight ‘fails’ yet again with astonishing display of undisguised bias
Last night, Newsnight misrepresented Jeremy Corbyn three times and failed to correct its claims even though contacted by the Labour Party during the programme. But that was far from its […]
Video: Newsnight misrepresents Corbyn several times, fails to correct after Labour complaint
The BBC’s Newsnight programme misrepresented Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn a number of times in a few minutes on Tuesday night, as it attempted to cast Labour as being as split […]
Breaking: NI ‘failsafe’ to create Irish Sea border if ‘backstop’ trade talks fail
Details emerging from parliamentary sources about May’s ‘draft’ Brexit deal – which is already causing ructions among the Tory right and the DUP: the so-called ‘backstop’ will keep the whole […]
Breaking: ‘draft text’ of EU deal agreed
As the SKWAWKBOX predicted, the completion of a draft agreement between the UK and the EU has been announced today – and Tory right-wingers are ‘spitting feathers’. Arch-brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg […]
Fundraiser: SKWAWKBOX invited to cover UN poverty findings launch
Philip Alston, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on poverty and human rights, is in the UK to investigate the government for its treatment of disabled people and other vulnerable benefits claimants. […]
Fifteen right-wing Labour ‘moderates’ hold the key to May’s future
Yesterday, the SKWAWKBOX predicted a busy week for the government – and for Labour politicians and supporters – as Brexit negotiations come to a conclusion. Based on conversations with insiders […]