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Alston bows out as UN poverty rapporteur with damning verdict on Establishment ‘sleepwalking’ to disaster for poor – though UK walking with full intent

By SKWAWKBOX (SW) 11/07/202011/07/2020

Breaking: Formby backs Beckett for Unite general secretary

By SKWAWKBOX (SW) 10/07/202010/07/2020

Outbreaks in schools reach highest level in 6 weeks

By SKWAWKBOX (SW) 10/07/202010/07/2020

The video that shows beyond reasonable doubt that Starmer’s approach to ‘opposition’ = don’t upset the right

By SKWAWKBOX (SW) 10/07/202010/07/2020

Video: Unite’s Beckett slams Tories for dumping austerity fall-out of pandemic on working class – and takes Labour to task for weak response

By SKWAWKBOX (SW) 09/07/2020

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Breaking: resigning council leader’s explosive video statement accuses Starmer of hypocrisy and Labour right of racism, corruption, cover-ups, perjury, misogyny – and hounding her out

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Exclusive: only female council leader in W Mids about to quit live on video at 3.30pm today accusing New-New Labour of bullying her out?

Video: Defence Select Committee’s Francois threatens armed forces chief, “Cummings is going to sort you out and you won’t like it”

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Tories announce they’ll no longer publish daily figure of people tested – after not publishing it for SEVEN weeks anyway

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Exclusive: Fawkes smears Pidcock with ‘fine’ lie – here’s the real story

Video: Starmer appealed for black members to stay in Labour. 4 days later, here he is with the man who asked black writer Afua Hirsch last month “Why do you stay in this country?”

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During cosy interview with presenter who asked black writer why she stays in UK, Starmer welcomes Clarkson’s praise as a sign Labour ‘has changed’. That’s this Jeremy Clarkson

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Breaking: Starmer tells Reed ‘no action’ re Reed’s ‘puppet master’ and ‘Israeli billionaire’ tweets – as Reed deletes tweet praising action vs Long-Bailey. Excuse for inaction implodes immediately

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Beckett pays tribute to NHS and to 400+ staff not here to celebrate its birthday because of C19 – with call to properly pay staff, fund service and end privatisation

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The newly-deleted web page that seems to exonerate Long-Bailey and Peake