Exclusive: the truth about ‘that’ Shadow Cabinet meeting
Corbyn’s ‘fury’ with McDonnell as Labour leader keeps Shadow Cabinet seat for Chief of Staff Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was ‘furious’ with John McDonnell for the manoeuvre that led to […]
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Video: McDonnell and co removed any doubt about ‘soft coup’ this weekend
Last week, John McDonnell and whole Shadow Cabinet agreed that Labour’s conference decision on Brexit/referendum must be followed – while Jeremy Corbyn asked MPs to moderate language on Brexit issue […]
LOTO morale collapses after reorganisation as staff face ‘centrist inquisition’
Labour leader’s office staff thrown into chaos and anxiety by centrist-remainer take-over – and denied union representation The hard-working Labour staff of Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘LOTO’ (leader of the opposition) team […]
Exclusive: the moment and real reason Karie Murphy lost her LOTO position
Labour Chief of Staff’s change of role – the media spin and the reality The mainstream media – heavily briefed by politicians close to John McDonnell – have constructed a […]
Watson, McDonnell, Starmer, Thornberry ride roughshod over Labour policy. Here are MPs that might save it
‘Take-over’ reflected in sudden push of ‘referendum-first’ plan by front-benchers – riding roughshod over Labour’s agreed policy Hard on the heels of the John McDonnell-driven removal of key Corbyn staff […]
Hard-remainers complain re show of hands conference vote – but video evidence is clear
Delegates supporting Corbyn position decisively greater than those against Desperate centrist and soft-left hard-remainers have begun to attack general secretary Jennie Formby and session chair Wendy Nichols over the result […]
Video: Corbyn’s opponents gambled remain would be issue to separate him from his support. They lost – badly
Attempt to force Labour into full-remain position was functionally a coup – it failed Labour delegates today voted by a large majority in favour of ‘Composite 14’ and the NEC’s […]
Reverting to type: LibDems in electoral pact talks with Tories again
Scottish Tories say talks with LibDems ongoing The LibDems are again in discussions with the Tories about a potential electoral pact, in spite of Jo Swinson’s public protests about Boris […]
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Swinson WAS in London on morning of protest vs hard Brexit coup – then skipped it for holiday
LibDem leader’s supporters attempt to defend her absence from democracy protests backfires badly LibDem leader Jo Swinson has been heavily criticised for being absent from any of yesterday’s protests against […]