Earlier this week, Skwawkbox exclusively revealed that a group of ‘eleven new left Labour MPs and an MSP’ from the Socialist Campaign Group (SCG) of left MPs have set up a separate group, which they hope to fund from contributions from high net-worth donors and by donating money from their own parliamentary training budgets.
Now Skwawkbox can reveal the names of the Labour figures it understands have agreed to form up to the new group and its requirements. They are:
• Clive Lewis
• Dawn Butler
• Lloyd Russell Moyle
• Nadia Whittome
• Labour whip Nav Mishra
• Kim Johnson
• Rachel Maskell
• Rachel Hopkins
• Olivia Blake
• Shadow minister Sam Tarry
• Paul Sweeney MSP
The group’s strategy document, of which Skwawkbox exclusively obtained a copy, makes clear that it aims to steer Keir Starmer rather than resisting or replacing him. One member of the group told Skwawkbox that setting it up did not constitute a split of the the existing left MPs’ group, but did not respond when asked to confirm that this meant there was no intention to leave the SCG.
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