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Woodcock finally redecorates constituency office frontage – in blue

28/01/2019by SKWAWKBOX 14 Comments

Formerly-Labour MP John Woodcock – who resigned from the party rather than face a disciplinary process over ‘sex-pest’ allegations – was under fire from Labour members in his Barrow and […]

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Labour by-election vote falls badly under right-wing Enfield council leader

23/11/2018by SKWAWKBOX 5 Comments

As Enfield Southgate CLP (constituency Labour party) circulated a motion of no confidence in Enfield’s ‘centrist’ council leader Nesil Caliskan last night, a by-election was taking place in the local […]

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By-election to come as left veteran Paul Flynn announces plans to step down

25/10/2018by SKWAWKBOX 15 Comments

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 […]

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Ealing LCF condemns council leader’s ‘blatant disregard for rules’ – full statement

22/10/2018by SKWAWKBOX 2 Comments

Last weekend the SKWAWKBOX reported the outrage of Labour members and officials in Ealing at the extraordinary actions of Ealing council leader Julian Bell in personally signing a call for […]

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Ealing council leader censured by Labour campaign body for by-election call

20/10/2018by SKWAWKBOX 6 Comments

Ealing council leader Julian Bell has long faced unrest from many of his councillors, narrowly defeating a leadership challenge in May over his housing arrangements. Arrangements for the selection of […]

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Centrist ex-MP Reed linking to slimming pills site

14/09/2018by SKWAWKBOX 10 Comments

Former Copeland MP Jamie Reed can safely be considered an entrenched opponent of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. He accused Corbyn of “injecting poison into the party” after the EU referendum, resigned […]

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Luton Momentum calls on Shuker to resign after CLP no-confidence vote

10/09/2018by SKWAWKBOX 12 Comments

Last week, on the same night that Enfield North MP Joan Ryan lost a vote of no confidence by local members, the CLP (constituency Labour party) of Luton South’s Gavin […]

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Field chickens out – will not call by-election

03/09/2018by SKWAWKBOX 25 Comments

It seems that Birkenhead ex-Labour MP Frank Field’s commitment to the ‘sovereignty’ of constituents only goes so far. Surprising almost nobody, news has emerged that, following his resignation of the […]

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Woodcock’s local paper sending him a message?

31/08/2018by SKWAWKBOX 15 Comments

Ex-Labour MP John Woodcock started the recent trend, if two is a trend, of Labour MPs resigning from the party without trusting their mandate – or respecting their constituents – […]

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Video: Field says Birkenhead voters ‘sovereign’ – so why is he denying them a by-election?

30/08/2018by SKWAWKBOX 17 Comments

Right-wing Labour MP Frank Field – rejected long before today by local Labour members, who passed a vote of no confidence in him after a string of disappointments culminated in […]

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