Hove members organising to ‘trigger’ Kyle
‘Centrist’ MP likely to face selection contest under Labour’s new rules As the SKWAWKBOX flagged two weeks ago, the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) will soon give a green […]
Tag Archives: Brighton
Manchester Central left asks members to attend meeting tomorrow for vote on switch to all-member structure
CLP was one of first to be switched to delegate structure after Corbyn’s first leadership victory Local Labour activists in Manchester Central CLP (constituency Labour party) are encouraging all members […]
Vital CAC/NCC nominations deadline approaching. Be sure to make yours – and to vote in key elections
Committees play crucial roles and nominations will help support campaigns of best candidates The nominations deadline for nominations for crucial Labour Party positions is approaching and Labour members whose CLP […]
Right-winger Stanger suspended for ‘abusive behaviour’
Labour right-winger Luke ‘Lukey’ Stanger is considered one of the least pleasant pro-Israel and anti-Corbyn trolls by many on the left. His Twitter timeline is a sewer of retweets by […]
Ten successes already in the bag at #Lab18
For all the uproar around a couple of specific issues, Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, which still has two days to run, has already seen a number of successes for […]
Leaked Brighton email exposes shameless right-wing hypocrisy and questionable resource use
Over the last few days, Labour’s hard right in Brighton has mounted an attack campaign on social media against prospective left candidates in the selections for the next set of […]
Unite conference accepts Wadsworth issue onto debate agenda
Against expectations, the required forty-nine delegates have supported a move to include the issue of veteran black activist Marc Wadsworth for debate at the Unite union’s conference taking place now […]
JVL’s Secker’s Labour suspension lifted after just five days – with no apology
Last Wednesday, Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL) Secretary Glyn Secker received a shock letter from the Labour Party advising him that he was being suspended for “comments made on social […]
SEVENTEEN homeless people died in 2017, average age only 46 – just in Brighton
Comment The Argus reported last week the shocking fact that – just in Brighton – seventeen homeless people died in 2017. At an average age of just forty-six. These poor people were […]
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 […]