Excl: recording of Watson/Eling ally in ‘racist’ comment controversy
Sandwell councillor Bob Piper in new racism row A West Midlands councillor closely allied to the right of the party has been caught up in a fresh racism controversy after […]
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Haringey councillor Barbara Blake expelled from Labour over TIG support
Right-wing Labour councillor close to controversial figures A controversial, right-wing Labour councillor in the London borough of Haringey has been expelled from the Labour Party over her social media support […]
Warley Labour FB page promotes anti-Lab candidate. Spellar hangs up when invited to condemn
Warley Labour page congratulates independent candidate and smears Labour’s Warley constituency sits in the Sandwell heartland of right-wing Labour in the West Midlands, which has seen some of the worst […]
CUK candidate at centre of Islamophobia storm quit Labour a day before hearing on ‘bullying’ of Asian woman
Nora Mulready has drawn attention for anti-Muslim comments but has not yet stepped down – left Labour Party under similar cloud ‘Change UK’ (CUK) has stumbled from one disaster to […]
Birmingham council failure forces unions to go to court to resolve bin dispute
Court action begins today in the dispute between unions and Birmingham City Council over the council’s continued failure to correct its actions after Acas mediation talks break down Unite and […]
Umunna CLP members complain of stitch-up ahead of vital meeting
Members of Streatham CLP (constituency Labour party), which is represented in Parliament by ‘centrist’ Chuka Umunna, have told the SKWAWKBOX that they fear their executive committee is rigging a meeting […]
Labour by-election vote falls badly under right-wing Enfield council leader
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 […]
Wirral council leader accused of “choreographed political attack” to step down
Wirral council leader Phil Davies has been in and around controversy in the Merseyside borough recently. A council employee close to Davies was revealed as the ‘author’ of a resignation […]
Wavertree members: ‘Lansman offered to mediate to persuade us to keep Luciana’
Liverpool Wavertree MP Luciana Berger was again involved in controversy recently when the right-wing press claimed that she was in danger from Labour members had to be accompanied by a […]
JLM launches ‘antisemitism monitoring centre’ with unsolicited survey email
Constituency Labour party (CLP) secretaries have begun receiving an email sent by the Jewish Labour Movement (JLM) announcing the formation of its ‘antisemitism monitoring centre’. The email, which begins by […]