Ten local parties selecting new MPs to be told whether open or female-only list of potential candidates Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has decided whether ten seats being vacated by […]
Former Sandwell assistant CEO drops out to help unify left vote Melanie Dudley, the former assistant chief executive of Sandwell Council, who blew the whistle on the behaviour of allies […]
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 […]
Move to democratise leadership elections aims to work around controversial rule blocking it Earlier this year, Labour left organisation CLPD published a motion for this autumn’s party conference asking the […]
Sandwell Council confirms Jan Britton resigned from £140k per year post without ‘compensation package’ As the SKWAWKBOX reported yesterday Jan Britton, the chief executive officer of Sandwell Council – the […]
MPs asked to confirm whether they wish to stand at next general election, with deadline 8 July In spite of the usual doubts expressed by centrists and so-called ‘mainstream’ media, […]
Judges’ ruling blocking Saudi arms sales states both Johnson and Hunt illegally authorised weapons exports without assessing the impact on civilians The landmark ruling by judges that UK arms sales […]
Panel selection meeting cancelled day before due by Labour’s GLU A meeting to select a panel to oversee the selection of Labour’s candidate to replace quitter MP Mike Gapes in […]
Party’s outstanding policy platform will be ignored by ‘mainstream’ media – it’s up to activists to make noise Comment The announcement that Labour will soon give the green light for […]
McDonnell has endorsed Byrne’s candidacy – but local Momentum’s public letter asks him to reconsider Early this month the SKWAWKBOX broke the surprising news that Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell had […]