Excl: ‘Victim’ Watson says met Beech at police request. Senior local councillor: he ‘bragged’ he’d bring down govt via Brittan 2 years earlier

28/07/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 47 Comments

Labour deputy leader boasted at 2012 birthday party that info on ‘parliamentary paedophile ring’ would bring down government Labour’s right-wing deputy leader Tom Watson has been the target of severe […]

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Watson skips PLP and Shadow Cab, flees NEC at lunch-break

23/07/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 60 Comments

Labour deputy leader Tom Watson has been criticised by colleagues for failing to turn up for meetings of the parliamentary Labour party (PLP) and Shadow Cabinet – and then ‘doing […]

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How the West (Wing) was won. Or: Ed Miliband must call Cameron’s bluff

06/06/2012by SKWAWKBOX (SW) Leave a comment

I love ‘The West Wing’. It’s a glimpse of how politics could and should be, and a fascinating education in how political systems can negate even the best intentions. As […]

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