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Birmingham bin dispute ends after council climb-down
Industrial action ends after Birmingham City Council bows to Unite’s demand for fair treatment for its members and for agency workers The long running Birmingham bins dispute over ‘secret payments’ […]
Video: May faces calls of ‘resign!’ as she tries to blame Parliament for her Brexit chaos
May’s blame-dodging didn’t go down well… Theresa May attempted to blame MPs for her and her party’s Brexit incompetence today in a staggeringly ill-judged attempt to present herself as on […]
HMRC staff to strike from midday today over office closures
HMRC staff take strike action today over office closures at Ealing Tax workers in the PCS union will take strike action from midday in their battle to prevent office closures. […]
Self-inflicted humiliation as Austin, Gapes lose committee slots with only 13 Labour MPs in support
Quitter MPs fail to hold onto Foreign Affairs Select Committee slots in needless Commons vote – with a paltry level of support from Labour MPs Former Labour MPs Ian Austin […]
Video: BBC hounds Bercow in street for upholding democracy
BBC chases Commons Speaker John Bercow in street for honouring precedent to block Theresa May’s contempt of parliamentary democracy As the SKWAWKBOX predicted yesterday, John Bercow’s decision to honour parliamentary […]
Right attacks Holocaust survivors’ credentials to undermine pro-Corbyn letter. Fails
Right-wing, anti-Corbyn figures attack credentials of Holocaust survivors in attempt to undermine public letter supporting Corbyn and Labour – but fail On Sunday the SKWAWKBOX published details of a letter, […]
Versi’s epic, viral thread on mainstream anti-Muslim race hate is a must-read and -share
Muslim Council and human rights spokesman Miqdaad Versi’s thread this morning on Islamophobia as a mainstream media phenomenon quickly went viral – but needs to be seen by everyone Miqdaad […]
Desperate May’s 3 unlikely options to bypass/overcome Bercow’s block may lead to all-out assault on Speaker
May’s desperation might push her into a minefield – or an all-out assault on Bercow’s tenure as Speaker Theresa May will be reeling this evening after Commons Speaker John Bercow […]
Bercow blocks May from bringing unchanged Brexit deal back to Parliament
Commons Speaker John Bercow has dramatically shot down Theresa May’s hopes of simply boring parliament into submission via ‘Meaningful Votes’ 3 and 4 on her abysmal Brexit deal. Bercow has […]
‘FibDems’ – LibDems caught making false criminal allegations in campaign leaflet
LibDems in Labour-dominated Liverpool tell residents police are investigating fraud allegations against Labour councillors. Police say they’ve had no such complaints – and a string of complaints about LibDem behaviour […]