Breaking: Ellman quits Labour rather than face trigger
Liverpool Riverside MP Louise Ellman has quit the Labour Party, days before she was due to face a ‘trigger’ ballot by local members on whether to make her face a […]
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Breaking: Sharma triggered
Ealing Southall MP loses first three branch votes, meeting trigger threshold Ealing Southall Labour MP Virendra Sharma has been ‘triggered’ by members, forcing the MP to face a full selection […]
Excl: ‘North fights back’ as Brexit policy dragged back on course at Shadow Cabinet and MPs prepare working-class caucus
Shadow Chancellor retreats from push toward ‘referendum before GE’ on Johnson deal John McDonnell is in ‘full retreat’ after accepting at today’s meeting of Labour’s Shadow Cabinet that the party’s […]
Butler to Swinson: investigate Angela Smith’s office for ‘particular problem’ with racism after husband/manager’s ‘gaslighting’
Labour front-bencher says ‘cowardly bullying’ Wilson ‘actively promoting racism’ – requests investigation into ‘particular problem’ in ‘funny tinge’ Smith’s office and urges ‘firm disciplinary action’ Labour’s Shadow Women and Equalities […]
Preet Gill denies intention to break trigger rules by attending ballots, contrary to notice to members
Edgbaston MP says she was never going to be present at votes to decide whether she will face selection contest and that notice of her attendance was ‘honest mistake’ by […]
Excl: Bush’s McDonnell ‘whitewash’ contains verifiably fake news – Trickett livid at claim wanted Murphy out
Labour MP and close ally of Jeremy Corbyn Jon Trickett has responded furiously to a claim in a New Statesman ‘whitewash’ of John McDonnell’s now widely-acknowledged take-over of Corbyn’s office. […]
Shadow Cabinet members tell Corbyn: respect Brexit vote, no ref before GE
Lavery, Trickett and others remind Labour leader of 2017 commitment to enact 2016 referendum result A number of Shadow Cabinet members, including party chair Ian Lavery and and senior member […]
Left sweeps board of top Warley AGM positions in spite of Spellar pleas as trigger approaches
The Labour left won the top five executive posts at last week’s annual general meeting (AGM) of Warley constituency Labour party (CLP). Members report that Spellar was meeting members on […]
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 […]