Locking down without a rigorous test and trace programme as recommended by the WHO will not get us where we need to be Coronavirus is the only show on the […]
A “botnet with IPs on every continent” launched assault on Labour’s servers – BBC response was attempt at humour On Tuesday, a ‘very serious’ mass – and international – cyber-attack […]
Labour right-winger’s tweet re Corbyn-supporting councillors triggers outrage Luke Akehurst, secretary of right-wing pressure group Labour First, has triggered a horrified reaction from Labour supporters by tweeting that a letter […]
Two weeks ago, a prisons insider tipped off the SKWAWKBOX that a controversial decision had been taken by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to roll out the use of pepper […]
The SKWAWKBOX revealed yesterday that the Charity Commission is investigating the Campaign against Antisemitism (CAA) – an organisation that has been accused of being pro-Israel ‘shock troops’ ‘posing as a […]
Merseyside firefighters are in dispute with the area’s fire authority over its plans for a major downgrade of fire cover on top of cuts already made in the first eight […]
Local newspaper the Bristol Post has alleged that VirginCare in the region asked staff not to report their safety concerns to health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (the CQC): According […]
The furore around heartless Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s remark on the BBC’s Marr show yesterday that there are no unemployed people has obscured some of the other warning signals about his budget […]
Last month, the RCN (Royal College of Nursing) published a document titled, That document contains a bleak analysis of evidence that the RCN describes as ‘desperately sad’ – and among […]
Every year at Labour’s annual Conference, a number of rule-changes or ‘constitutional amendments’ are debated by delegates and, if approved, become part of the party’s rule-book. Last year’s Conference in […]