W Mids mayor/PCC roles look like safety-net for right-wing Labour MPs
Pattern of regional roles as fall-back needs to end Mike O’Brien is a former Labour MP and front-bencher under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown who consistently voted for the Iraq […]
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Right-wing Labour First group calls push for BAME, young and working-class leaders “ridiculous”
Anti-Corbyn group’s secretary fails to recognise issue with comment when asked Right-wing Labour group ‘Labour First’ has described a Momentum call for more MPs from black, Asian and ethnic groups, […]
Excl: recording of Watson/Eling ally in ‘racist’ comment controversy
Sandwell councillor Bob Piper in new racism row A West Midlands councillor closely allied to the right of the party has been caught up in a fresh racism controversy after […]
‘Civil war’ in Enfield after ‘anti-corruption’ candidates withdraw Labour nominations in protest
Labour group AGM last night turned into farce after candidates withdrew in protest The annual general meeting (AGM) of Enfield council’s Labour group had been re-arranged after the right-wing council […]
Excl: Enfield councillor who failed to pass panel now dep to leader who oversaw altered papers to let him stand
Storm in Enfield continues – and effects of ‘irregular’ selection process seen at highest levels of council. When challenged, council leader admitted panel interview results had been altered A series […]
Governance email to Enfield Labour councillors confirms individuals referred up disciplinary chain
Email to Labour councillors confirms measures already revealed by SKWAWKBOX and that multiple allegations serious enough to be sent up to next stages of party’s disciplinary process – and potentially […]
Watson’s tantrum shows his pain as allies suffer in NEC’s candidate clear-out
Labour deputy leader lashes out as right’s grip loosens in its heartland Comment Labour deputy leader Tom Watson has been criticised recently by Labour colleagues for ‘foul’ and ‘appalling’ ‘bully’-behaviour. […]
Leaked emails expose attempt to whitewash Enfield council group meeting suspension
Enfield council leader denies meetings of Labour group suspended by Labour – and that meeting this month had regional director in attendance only because she had asked for it. Leaked […]
Listen: Rudd’s ‘outdated, offensive and revealing’ term for Abbott and other black women
Amber Rudd apologises for causing huge offence to BAME women DWP Secretary Amber Rudd caused enormous offence to women from ethnic minorities this afternoon during an interview on the BBC’s […]
Labour debunks ‘elitist donor’ claim
Right-wing ‘Labour’ sites have claimed that Labour has resurrected Tony Blair’s ‘Thousand Club’ and that this is because the party’s finances are less healthy than they have been since the […]