UK firms sold nerve agent components to Syria
On Sunday, Jeremy Corbyn – who has a track record of opposition to abuses in Syria – reacted with outrage to news of the chemical attack on Syrian civilians: The […]
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Video: just what was going on with May during Hammond’s #SpringStatement?
Philip Hammond’s attempt during his Spring Statement today to be – in his own words – ‘Tigger-ish’ has met with widespread derision as a feeble attempt to bluff his way […]
Tory MP Bradley asks for homelessness sponsors – while £817m govt cash for housing unspent
Tory MP Ben Bradley is no stranger to missteps on social media, having recently had to pay an undisclosed five-figure sum to two local charities and tweet a humiliating apology […]
GS candidate Hilder: “we must not blur lines between antisemitism and criticism of Israeli policies”
Labour General Secretary candidate Paul Hilder – the least well-known to many Labour members of the three known to have applied so far – has spoken at length to the […]
Cabinet Office denies Leadsom anti-May comment claims
On Friday lunchtime, a Northamptonshire couple say they were surprised – just as Theresa May was about to start a major speech on Brexit in London – to find senior […]
Iran’s Press TV? Corbyn not only signed but sponsored this EDM against them
This week, the SKWAWKBOX has exposed an array of fake news concocted against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn relating to Iranian English-language broadcaster Press TV. Although right-wing and ‘mainstream’ media have […]
Excl: Phillips misses PLP meeting on gender. Then attends Murdoch bash
Labour MP Jess Phillips is no stranger to the press. As well as being a frequent, vocal critic of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, she wrote an article for the […]
Independent media or the BBC to blame for trust collapse? Take a look
As the SKWAWKBOX pointed out earlier, the BBC’s Nick Robinson blames independent (and almost exclusively left) media for the collapse in public trust of the ‘MSM’ (mainstream media) – but […]
So, back to ‘clickbait’: ConHome editor tries to school SKWAWKBOX reader. Fails
There was an amusing exchange this afternoon between a SKWAWKBOX reader and Mark Wallace, Executive Editor of Conservative Home. Mr Wallace had accused the SKWAWKBOX of being ‘clickbait’ and, after […]
Did ‘Cure the NHS’ break the law to try to silence a critic?
I will state at the outset of this article that the actions outlined are not proven to originate with ‘Cure’ – at least yet. I will lay out the facts […]