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Call goes out to social media users: block the quitters
A call is being made to all Labour members and supporters on social media to block the seven “quitter” MPs who left the Labour Party this morning. “They’ve made themselves […]
Video: BBC mic picks up damning verdict at quitters’ presser: “He’s mad”
Reporter’s assessment of Umunna’s jaunt says it all A BBC mic picked up a muttered, embarrassing – and damningly frank – verdict from one of the political correspondents at the […]
Umunna and co plumb vacuity and hypocrisy depths in press conference
Chuka Umunna – who pines for the bankrupt and discredited politics of a decade ago and cosies up to Tories – said in his ‘launch’ speech this morning that his […]
Corbyn speaks out on quitter group
Jeremy Corbyn has spoken about the splinter-sized group of MPs who are in the process of whingeing and wittering their way out of the Labour Party. Corbyn said: I am […]
‘Splinter’ party – crass, well-funded – and still dithering
Crassness and farce have been fighting hard for dominance at County Hall in London this morning, as the tiny splinter-sized splinter group prepares to announce its departure from the Labour […]
RIP Paul Flynn – whose service to Labour in a crisis was an example
The sad death of Labour’s veteran Welsh MP Paul Flynn was announced on Sunday by his local party. Flynn had last year announced his intention to retire from Parliament after […]
Breaking: Labour expects 5 MPs to leave Monday
Labour break-away now expected on Monday – but number set to be countable on one hand Right-wing MPs planning to leave the Labour Party appear to have had no fewer […]
Video: Austin calls Thatcher ‘hero’
Right-wing MP Ian Austin has a habit of outraging Labour supporters – and others. He has been called ‘thuggish’ and a ‘unpleasant bully’and attacked Jewish author Michael Rosen when Rosen […]
Video: Establishment rattled by Labour unity attacks and misrepresents ‘viral’ pledge
Unity pledge written by Labour members goes viral, rattles Establishment A unity pledge written by Labour members has gone viral within hours of its publication and is being signed by […]
Video: Sky News interview with old Corbyn opponent may not have gone quite according to plan
Derby South MP and former Foreign and Health Secretary Margaret Beckett infamously claimed, when it began to look like Jeremy Corbyn might win the Labour leadership election in 2015, that […]