Cohen’s misogynist article shows him and his employer flailing for relevance
Someone once wrote – the reference escapes for the moment – that Nick Cohen was so outraged and sidelined by the Corbyn phenomenon and the rise of the actual left […]
Tag Archives: Birmingham
Momentum S B’ham praises Lansman – but supports Formby for GenSec
Momentum South Birmingham is on good terms with Momentum founder Jon Lansman and his NEC supporter Christine Shawcroft – last Sunday, she was speaking at an event it organised for […]
SKWAWKBOX 2017 in review: exclusives, narratives, impact and more
It’s been quite a year. At the beginning of 2017, the SKWAWKBOX was a relatively unknown publication that had made enough splashes since its reboot in late summer 2016 to […]
Mail accidentally exposes the nonsense of its left-wing ‘purge’ claims
Yesterday saw the weird spectacle of the Mail Online publishing an ardent defence of Labour politicians – but only as a vehicle to attack the party and its leader, of course. […]
Birmingham bin strike ‘over’? Not quite yet..
As the SKWAWKBOX reported on Friday, Birmingham City Council (BCC) has agreed a ‘new’ deal – in reality a version of the old one that BCC reneged on, unnecessarily prolonging […]
Exclusive: Birmingham CC ‘total climbdown’ in new bin-strike deal
The SKWAWKBOX has covered the strike by Birmingham City Council (BCC) refuse workers at some length, as staff fought against an unprincipled attack on their salaries and conditions – and […]
Birmingham Council cutting bin worker pay – pays chauffeur for council leader
Birmingham City Council (BCC) has been serially disgracing itself in its treatment of its refuse workers. The council tried to force its workers to accept a pay-cut of £3,500-5,000, […]
Huge win for left as right-wing Birmingham bastion starts to crumble
The West Midlands have long been a bastion of the least pleasant face of right-wing Labour. Birmingham’s nominally-Labour council has been at the heart of the ongoing dispute over the […]
Govt discussing racist W Mids ‘apartheid’ proposal
Earlier this week, the SKWAWKBOX covered the ‘debate‘ that took place in the House of Commons on Monday, in which one MP after another – primarily Tories but with a […]
Disgraced BCC sends intimidatory letter to bin workers in spite of court ruling
The SKWAWKBOX has covered the fight by refuse workers against Birmingham City Council (BCC) to save their modest salaries from a huge cut, revealing conclusive evidence that BCC had made […]