While centrists refuse reality, McCluskey nails reasons for Labour’s defeat
“When a party wins 44% of the vote, as the Tories have done, saying “get Brexit done” and literally nothing else for the whole campaign, to deny the centrality of […]
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Full Fact rides to LibDems’ rescue over NHS cowardice wielding a straw-man – but details speak for themselves
Fact-checking organisation Full Fact has ridden to the rescue of Jo Swinson’s Liberal Democrats after they abstained to help defeat a Labour motion calling for the reversal of the NHS […]
Johnson’s deal has numbers to pass tonight – here’s why he may well come to regret it
Johnson has put deliberate holes in withdrawal agreement to provoke MPs to reject or amend it – and passing it may be best chance for Labour to thwart his plans […]
Weak Johnson to call GE via Act to avoid need for FTPA’s two-thirds majority
Legislation planned to reduce required Commons majority to one Boris Johnson, fearful that he may be unable to obtain the two-thirds majority to call an early general election under the […]
Excl: Labour MPs across the Brexit spectrum speak out in support of Lavery
Labour’s chairman has been targeted by media this week over his abstention in Commons Brexit votes Labour Chair and Wansbeck MP Ian Lavery has been heavily targeted by the media […]
Reckless LibDems, SNP, Tinge risk hard Brexit just as much as May’s incompetence
Last night’s votes gave no Brexit option a majority in Parliament – but referendum obsession of small parties puts country at risk of no-deal Brexit None of the options put […]
Excl: note to Labour MPs explains why party backing Kyle amendment
Labour is backing the ‘Kyle-Wilson amendment’ not to ratify any Brexit deal without a ‘confirmatory’ public vote. A note sent to MPs and obtained by the SKWAWKBOX explains the decision […]
Watson bungles again: backs wrong ‘Kyle motion’
Watson’s speech on Saturday promised to back May’s Brexit deal in return for new referendum per ‘Kyle amendment’ – and this morning he tweeted he was still backing it. But […]
Video: BBC hounds Bercow in street for upholding democracy
BBC chases Commons Speaker John Bercow in street for honouring precedent to block Theresa May’s contempt of parliamentary democracy As the SKWAWKBOX predicted yesterday, John Bercow’s decision to honour parliamentary […]
Five resignations over Brexit vote show Labour, at least, still does politics with honour
Five Labour front-benchers have resigned after breaking the whip to vote against ‘quitter group’ MP Sarah Wollaston’s attempt to piggy-back a new referendum on the motion to extend Article 50 […]