Video exposing Labour Students deserves to go viral
Organisation often presented as representative has only few hundred members eligible to vote – and many university Labour societies have disaffiliated from it in disgust A short video has been […]
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First vote in process to replace Gapes proceeds today despite Muslim member protest over Hajj timing
Vote to choose key selection panel goes ahead today As the SKWAWKBOX flagged yesterday, the process to choose the Labour candidate to replace ‘quitter’ MP Mike Gapes in Ilford South […]
Video Labour’s remain-obsessed faction must watch: Nandy gets it – “This is so much bigger than Brexit”
Wigan MP’s speech to Unite North-West gathering needs to be heard and understood by Labour’s remain-obsessed MPs and commentators Comment The political differences between Wigan Labour MP Lisa Nandy and […]
‘Govt of national unity’ is a coup by another name
As SKWAWKBOX predicted last summer, ‘centrist’ Labour MPs see ‘government of national unity’ as last lifeline – but Tory counterparts and media allies are desperate enough to start pushing it […]
Watson tells peers Corbyn must hold ShadCab elections. But here’s what he told Miliband about them
Watson’s bizarre meeting with peers leads to call for elected Shadow Cabinet – an practice whose abolition he publicly welcomed ITV’s political editor has reported on a bizarre meeting held […]
Quitters: We’ll prop up Tories in a no-confidence vote to keep our seats
The mere notification that Jeremy Corbyn might call a new vote of no confidence has flushed out the real nature and motives of the quitters’ supposedly ‘independent’ group. Earlier today, […]
Umunna CLP members complain of stitch-up ahead of vital meeting
Members of Streatham CLP (constituency Labour party), which is represented in Parliament by ‘centrist’ Chuka Umunna, have told the SKWAWKBOX that they fear their executive committee is rigging a meeting […]
Umunna CLP officers accused by members of anti-democratic practices
Centrist MP Chuka Umunna’s Streatham CLP (constituency Labour party) has already been at the centre of controversy, when members complained of a ‘stitch-up’ by the CLP’s right-dominated executive as it […]
OMOV selection, not open selection, wins at NEC – and the ‘pros’ outweigh the ‘cons’
This article has been superseded as new information emerged the following morning. For the updated position, see here. After a concerted campaign by Momentum for ‘open selection’ (OS) – the […]
Tory chaos sees ‘power-grab’ boundary plan shelved – for now
Theresa May – because of fears of the reaction of her own back-benchers – has shelved plans to try to force through changes to parliamentary constituency boundaries that would have […]