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The period since the last SKWAWKBOX update at the turn of the month has been particularly busy, as the Tories’ Brexit plans unravelled and the situation became incredibly fluid. Below are […]
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Establishment trying to blame Lab for May’s Brexit disaster. A few facts show how desperate it is
The Establishment – in and out of the Labour Party – is trying desperately to shift the blame for Theresa May’s dismal Brexit ‘deal’ onto Jeremy Corbyn and his team. […]
Smith’s response to CLP no-confidence vote as sour as Ryan’s – and as telling
Comment Penistone and Stocksbridge MP Angela Smith last night suffered defeat in a no-confidence vote by her local CLP (constituency Labour party, by a margin of 27 votes to 20. […]
By-election to come as left veteran Paul Flynn announces plans to step down
Veteran Labour MP Paul Flynn – one of a small band of genuine parliamentary left-wingers representing the party in Wales – has announced that he will step down shortly from […]
Left takes clean sweep in Pidcock’s CLP – as Blairites skip AGM… to listen to Blair
Last May, the right-wing site known colloquially as the blue squeak published a typically snide and inaccurate article about the election of a right-wing chair in North-West Durham (NWD) CLP […]
Erith & Thamesmead passes unanimous vote of CONFIDENCE in Teresa Pearce MP
Erith & Thamesmead’s Labour MP Teresa Pearce did not support Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership. In 2016, she supported challenger Owen Smith in the leadership contest. But last week, […]
Pause and consider: the Labour right has been ominously quiet the last ten days or so…
While some sections of the pro-Corbyn Labour Party have been getting worked up about whether one in three branches is an insurmountable democratic obstacle for people who think they can […]
TV-star-turned-candidate Nixon smeared by own party as US Dems copy anti-Corbyn playbook
Picture the scene: a popular left-wing leadership candidate threatens the status quo of an Establishment, notionally-left political party, putting at risk the painstakingly-constructed business-as-usual cosiness that it clings to. In […]
‘Tory Glasto’ yesterday was absolutely bouncing..
‘Tory Glastonbury’ – or to give it its official title, the ‘Big Tent Festival of Ideas’ – took place yesterday. You could be excused for missing it, since it seems […]
As SKWAWKBOX warned, a #CoupOfCowardice is underway. #NoPasaran
Yesterday, as the attacks on Jeremy Corbyn’s video message to the Jewish community was cynically attacked, the SKWAWKBOX warned that the response removed any reasonable doubt that a new coup […]