Happy – or at least safe and secure – New Year from the SKWAWKBOX
As fireworks go off around the country to mark a new year and decade, there is little to celebrate for so many millions of our people. The SKWAWKBOX wishes everyone […]
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Video: you'd never guess from UK media – France just had 59th weekend of protests v pension cuts and in general strike
Think they don’t want us to catch on that not accepting cuts to our entitlements and living standards is an option? Last weekend saw French people stage huge protests against […]
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 […]
Video: Tory parliamentary candidate says disabled should be paid less as ‘they don’t understand money’
Staggering arrogance and condescension Tory candidate for Hastings and Rye Sally Ann Heart has provoked outrage by defending the idea that disabled people should be paid less than able-bodied workers […]
Vital video: woman on disability convinced to vote Labour by party’s belief in community spirit
Labour will also abolish cruel PIP and Work Capability Assessments Liverpool Labour candidate Ian Byrne has been devoting time to campaigning for Margaret Greenwood across the river in the marginal […]
Johnson’s deal has numbers to pass tonight – here’s why he may well come to regret it
Johnson has put deliberate holes in withdrawal agreement to provoke MPs to reject or amend it – and passing it may be best chance for Labour to thwart his plans […]
Labour’s 201 policies to make a UK to be proud of
Labour’s revolutionary policies will transform life for the UK’s people Labour’s conference this week was the most dramatic in generations for the policies it agreed to implement in government. The […]
Breaking: Labour to scrap ‘inhumane’ Universal Credit – AND unfit for purpose DWP, returning to social SECURITY
Decision will also mean end of 2-child policy – and end of humiliating ‘rape form’ Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will announce tomorrow that Labour will completely scrap Universal Credit (UC), […]
Poll: would LibDems prop up Tories again?
LibDem leader Jo Swinson reported to be in discussions with Boris Johnson. Would she agree coalition or pact to keep Tories in power? LibDem leader Jo Swinson is reported to […]
Tories’ ‘work till you drop’ plan to condemn millions to die without pension
Work until you drop, Literally It seems former DWP Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is not content with the 150,000 or so avoidable deaths inflicted on vulnerable people since 2010 and […]