The long list of shame: Tory ‘achievements’ 2010-2019
Below are some things the Tories never promised in their manifesto, which voters may wish to bear in mind this week. As ‘achievements’ go, it’s a shameful list entirely in […]
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Video: Johnson flees Neil – but regional reporter nails him on a football pitch
Johnson squirms as lies, cuts and failures on children’s services are exposed Cowardly Boris Johnson fled from an interview with the BBC’s Andrew Neil – though that backfired badly. He […]
Tories’ shame as number of homeless children rises – and rough sleepers DOUBLE
New research by the housing charity Shelter shows that there will be 135,000 homeless children this Christmas – an increase of seven thousand in just two years. The number of […]
Never trust a Tory: less than 2 weeks after Johnson’s ‘ban’ on fracking, he’s planning to make it EASIER
‘Ban’ was cover for move to make fracking applications harder to block Less than two weeks ago, the Tories announced a ‘ban’ on fracking. They were criticised for making false […]
3 reasons #LE2019 results did not show Remain dominant
‘Mainstream’ media presenting local election results as confirmation UK has swung to remain/new referendum. There are several compelling reasons they do not Analysis The so-called ‘mainstream’ media have been guilty […]
Huge MSM misrepresentation can’t hide scale of Tories’ biggest local election loss this century
Media including BBC still framing ‘bad day for Labour and Cons’ – but Tories have had worst day in over twenty years The scale of the Tories’ disaster in yesterday’s […]
Labour lost 74 council seats net to date. 70 were in working-class leave areas
Vast majority of Labour’s net loss so far was in strong working-class leave areas Comment Politicians and media are putting their preferred spin on the results declared so far from […]
Video: early #LE2019 results confirm centrists = fantasists. Labour MUST drop referendum talk
As SKWAWKBOX has warned for months, centrist claims of shift to remain in working-class heartlands are a fantasy – and Labour must now discard notion of new referendum Comment The […]
Full list of over 1,100 councillors who signed letter calling on Hinds to end school funding crisis
Earlier today, the SKWAWKBOX published news of a highly-critical letter, signed by over 1,100 councillors, demanding that Education Secretary Damian Hinds immediately end the crisis schools are facing as a […]
NHS England’s ‘plan to scrap privatisation’ is anything but
In this guest article, highly-respected medic and campaigner Dr Kailash Chand OBE exposes the latest fallacy being pushed by the media: that NHS England is planning to ‘scrap laws driving […]