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The SKWAWKBOX has become one the most influential of the ‘new left media’, attacked and copied in roughly equal measure by mainstream media and journalists and with a significant […]
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 […]
Drakeford launches manifesto for Welsh Labour
Welsh Labour leadership candidate Mark Drakeford has launched his detailed manifesto for Welsh Labour – and the Welsh government – if he succeeds in his election bid. The forty-page document […]
Right-winger Stanger suspended for ‘abusive behaviour’
Labour right-winger Luke ‘Lukey’ Stanger is considered one of the least pleasant pro-Israel and anti-Corbyn trolls by many on the left. His Twitter timeline is a sewer of retweets by […]
Busy Brexit week ahead – as May gambles she can manipulate the DUP
This week is going to be a busy one in Brexit terms, according to parliamentary sources. After weeks of priming the UK public to expect the worst, with much discussion […]
Video – forces veteran to Corbyn: “You’re a star, I love you”
The predictable attacks on Jeremy Corbyn after any Armistice Day service have been rehashed – a literal rehash of an old ‘MSM’ smear against Michael Foot about his attire during […]
Reckless MPs contribute to Bastani outrage that puts activist and innocents at risk
Comment Labour activist and journalist Aaron Bastani has been the subject of widespread attacks by politicians and the media because of comments he made last week about the poppy appeal […]
Guardian blethers about Brexit during centenary two-minute silence
The crassness of the FBPE-obsessives who tweet ‘what about’ in response to even the most tragic of events is a well-known phenomenon. But today the Guardian ‘forgot’ to observe the […]
“Have we moved on?” A soldier’s daughter and mum remembers
By Maria Carroll Remembrance Sunday has a specific meaning in our family. You see, I’m a soldier’s daughter born to a soldier’s son. I’m also a soldier’s Mum. From early […]