Corbynista councillor in £1,000 donation scandal
A prominent Labour councillor and party official is at the centre of a £1,000 donation scandal in the London borough of Haringey. A Haringey councillor is donating £1,000 of her […]
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Leaked emails accuse Birmingham council leader, officers over bin-strike
Last Friday, all Birmingham City Council (BCC) Labour councillors received a set of emails from Majid Mahmood, their colleague who had resigned only days earlier as cabinet member for waste […]
Live-stream: anti-austerity march
There are two sets of protests going on today. Only one is directly highlighting the most pressing issue facing the country – the politically-motivated Tory austerity that has blighted the […]
Video: as UC inflicts misery on millions Rudd says, ‘it’s doing a good job’
DWP Secretary Amber Rudd – who had to resign as Home Secretary for her part in the ‘hostile environment’ scandal that caused hardship and humiliation for ‘Windrush’ citizens – may […]
Govt accused of ‘social murder’ in peer-reviewed study
The government has been accused of the ‘social murder’ of vulnerable people in research conducted by Lancaster University and published in the peer-reviewed journal Critical Social Policy. The study, by Lancaster University’s […]
Excl: a revealing SKWAWKBOX conversation with Alastair Campbell
Earlier today, the SKWAWKBOX wrote to former Blair spin-doctor, arch-remainer and second referendum advocate Alastair Campbell, after Campbell had tweeted an class-based attack on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his […]
DUP is no monolith – the factions that hold key to govt’s fate
Written to educate non-Irish readers, with apologies to Northern Irish readers for an explanation that will seem clunky to them. Outside observers of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) – at […]
Video: UN rapporteur Alston: govt policies could have been ‘designed by misogynists’
UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston’s presentation of his preliminary findings has just concluded – and the litany of horrors he described will take some time to write about. But Alston’s […]
New videos cut ground from under Hammond’s #Budget18 speech before he opens his mouth
Comment A new video by EL4C – made by the same film-maker behind the recent Labour party political broadcast that rattled the Establishment so much with its powerful message that the […]
Exclusive: first of two-part interview with Welsh Labour leadership hopeful Mark Drakeford
The contest for the leadership of the Welsh Labour Party – and the position of First Minister of the Welsh Assembly – is well and truly underway, with many union […]