The SKWAWKBOX in 2017 – important update
2017 has seen this blog go from relative obscurity to what now seems to be regarded as one of the main sources of news and information for the left. We’ve […]
MSM reaction to WhatsApp post. Now that’s interesting
The SKWAWKBOX posted an article on Tuesday evening observing that it appears ‘Westminster Bubble’ journalists are in the habit of communicating via WhatsApp – and that, while it might be […]
Govt replaces unemployment mortgage-interest benefit with loans
One of numerous things the Tories are doing that have received little media attention is a hard kick aimed at mortgate-payers who lose their job. Up to this month, people […]
#WestminsterBubble journos chat on #WhatsApp. Now THAT’s interesting
Ever have the feeling that a lot of Westminster journalists are a bit too pally? Ever suspect that the way the same slanted narrative pops up in multiple publications – […]
Why is #RCN accepting #ScrapTheCap sponsor who voted to KEEP cap?
On Wednesday 6 September, an event will take place in Portcullis House, the building opposite, and essentially an extension to, the Houses of Parliament. It’s an event by the RCN […]
Tories’ latest #studentdebt attempt is frankly embarrassing. For them
It seems desperation breeds persistence, at least when it comes to clinging to the one faeces-stained straw the Tories think they have to grasp as an attack on Jeremy Corbyn’s […]
Exclusive: OMOV/supporter vote under threat as NEC plans Collins review
Last week’s NEC meeting was a mishmash of positive and negative developments. The decision that candidate selections in around eighty target marginals will be controlled by a member-elected committee will […]
#CAC candidate appears to compare critics to 80s homophobes
With nominations by CLPs (constituency Labour parties) closing massively in favour of their left-supported rivals, CAC candidates Michael Cashman and Gloria de Piero – who are supported by hard-right Labour […]
