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LOTO morale collapses after reorganisation as staff face ‘centrist inquisition’
Labour leader’s office staff thrown into chaos and anxiety by centrist-remainer take-over – and denied union representation The hard-working Labour staff of Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘LOTO’ (leader of the opposition) team […]
Exclusive: the moment and real reason Karie Murphy lost her LOTO position
Labour Chief of Staff’s change of role – the media spin and the reality The mainstream media – heavily briefed by politicians close to John McDonnell – have constructed a […]
Watson, McDonnell, Starmer, Thornberry ride roughshod over Labour policy. Here are MPs that might save it
‘Take-over’ reflected in sudden push of ‘referendum-first’ plan by front-benchers – riding roughshod over Labour’s agreed policy Hard on the heels of the John McDonnell-driven removal of key Corbyn staff […]
Ellman facing triggers next week
Liverpool Riverside MP has fraught relationship with local members Liverpool Riverside MP Louise Ellman is facing trigger ballots in the coming week, after local Labour members asked the north-west regional […]
Referendum-first ‘Watson plan’ taking hold of LOTO – ‘pushed by McDonnell’, say media
Plan pushed by Watson – said to be backed by McDonnell A plan pushed by Tom Watson to delay a general election for months and push for a referendum to […]
Osamor triggered – ‘by people who deselected all black councillors’
Edmonton Labour MP Kate Osamor has been triggered by local members today. A local source said, The same people who deselected all the black councillors in the [Enfield] borough have […]
Deputy of council head suspended on sex-harassment charge calls alleged victims ‘cranks’ – and enters Ilford S race while contest suspended
Deputy council leader canvassing by text – and emailing support for suspended boss As the SKWAWKBOX reported last week, Redbridge Council leader and would-be Ilford South parliamentary candidate Jas Athwal […]
Poll: who should be Labour’s first woman leader?
Shadow Chancellor McDonnell named Angela Rayner as prospect to be party’s first woman leader, during interview with Alastair Campbell During a controversial interview with former Blair spin doctor Alastair Campbell, […]
UK/Ireland enter ‘tunnel’ as deal negotiations get real
Codeword for move to intensive diplomatic negotiations issued Media reports including the word ‘tunnel’ today have signalled that the warm words of Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar about a UK-Ireland […]
Excl video: ‘mayhem’ at Barking AGM
Footage shows just some of the outcry that forced annual general meeting to be abandoned last night As the SKWAWKBOX reported exclusively last night, the annual general meeting of Barking […]