Last month, the LabourList site published a letter from a number of conference delegates involved in ‘compositing’ a motion for Labour’s conference on the party’s approach to Brexit and the […]
Theresa May has published information on the legal advice the government received on the implications of her withdrawal ‘deal’ with the EU. Two sections of the information made available are likely […]
The BBC has glossed over May’s disastrous capitulation this week, eventually mentioning her cowardly decision not even to contest opposition amendments to the Tories’ Budget bill – only the third […]
The DUP did more than just abstain in one of the votes this evening on the Tories’ budget, as they had threatened – they voted with the Labour Party in a […]
A huge scandal has broken today with the revelation by the Health Service Journal that a private firm with a public contract for disposing of clinical waste has been unable […]
The SKWAWKBOX featured briefly on the BBC’s Newsnight programme on Thursday night in a way that was quite interesting. Journalist Owen Jones was talking about the billionaire-owned media and the host […]
On Tuesday morning, the SKWAWKBOX highlighted the right-wing ‘centrist’ Labour MPs – all of whom happen to have a record of trying to remove party leader Jeremy Corbyn – who […]
An interesting little passage in this afternoon’s debate following Theresa May’s announcement of her ‘Chequers deal’ – a deal only with her ministers and not with the EU and one […]
Disgraced ex-Cabinet minister Damian Green appeared on the BBC’s Question Time last night and gave away more than he was probably meant to. Theresa May – and her chancellor Philip […]
Chancellor Philip Hammond challenged the UK public, during his ‘Spring Statement’, to Judge me by my record. Mr Hammond should be careful what he wishes for. When Labour entered government […]