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Monthly Archives: November 2017

Trump seems to think mass shootings and nazi rallies = “we’re doing just fine”

30/11/2017by SKWAWKBOX 10 Comments

When Theresa May finally got around to condemning – kind of – Donald Trump’s Twitter share’s of tweets by a UK right-wing extremist, Trump responded, of course, on Twitter: “We […]

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Excl: ‘democracy review 2’ near-certain on compliance unit and other issues

30/11/2017by SKWAWKBOX 6 Comments

Labour’s ‘compliance unit’ has been one of the least satisfactory elements of the party for a long time. Its opacity and apparent lack of accountability don’t help, but its part […]

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60% of women turned away from refuges last year – now almost 40% are to close

29/11/2017by SKWAWKBOX 6 Comments

In little-remarked news shared last weekend by the Guardian and elaborated on by the National CAN network, it has been revealed that plans announced by the government will result in […]

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Centrist ‘outrage’ as NEC restores democracy to Young Labour

29/11/2017by SKWAWKBOX 10 Comments

Labour’s NEC (National Executive Committee) ‘away day’ meeting in Glasgow last Sunday agreed that the selection of the Young Labour representative on the NEC would be democratised – switching to […]

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May silent. Green silent. Corbyn goes viral on Trump’s far-right retweets

29/11/2017by SKWAWKBOX 17 Comments

Theresa May has been silent when called on to condemn US President Donald Trump’s support for far right groups. Damien Green, standing in for the PM in today’s Prime Minister’s […]

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Excl: case studies show Labour investment WILL pay for itself

29/11/2017by SKWAWKBOX 16 Comments

In a bid to divert attention from the wet blanket of Philip Hammond’s budget last week, the Establishment has been attacking Labour’s plans for borrowing (only) for investment. Channel 4’s […]

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Ballots arrive from tomorrow. Register your support at yourlabournec.co.uk

29/11/2017by SKWAWKBOX 5 Comments

Ballots start to go out from tomorrow for the crucial election of three additional representatives on Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC). Labour’s grassroots-left slate of Yasmine Dar, Rachel Garnham and […]

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Haringey tweet thread shows nonsense of ‘centrist deselection’ smear

29/11/2017by SKWAWKBOX 10 Comments

The ‘MSM’s latest smear, aided and abetted by the centrist ‘usual suspects’, is that ‘hard left’ Momentum ‘bullies’ are unfairly deselecting poor, abused centrist councillors in places such as Haringey. […]

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Royalist DUP leader congratulates wrong prince – and bride-to-be

28/11/2017by SKWAWKBOX 11 Comments

Arlene Foster is the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, which is currently propping up the zombie Tory government in a ‘confidence and supply’ agreement. In 2016, Ms Foster told […]

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Hunt still hiding from relentless actor Little after rash ‘double dare’

28/11/2017by SKWAWKBOX 15 Comments

Two weeks ago, the SKWAWKBOX featured Jeremy Hunt’s second ‘schooling‘ after a rash display of cockiness on social media – the first being a thorough take-down by a junior doctor of […]

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