YouGov asking whether people on benefits should be allowed to vote
This year, the UK has rightly been celebrating the centenary of the extension of the right to vote to women. However, fewer citizens are aware that 1918 also marked the […]
Tag Archives: disenfranchised
‘Coffin’ hate-post toward Abbott – by right-wing LABOUR member?
Andy Bigham is a well-known poster to members of political discussion groups on Facebook. He posts anti-Labour comments and articles so frequently that members of non-Labour groups often assume he […]
Welsh Labour disenfranchises members – again – via freeze date
Informed Welsh Labour members are outraged by the Welsh party machine’s continued attempts to prevent them having a proper democratic say over the candidates supposed to represent them. The SKWAWKBOX […]
Exclusive: NEC move to reinstate conference delegates barred on join date
In July, the SKWAWKBOX reported the case of Labour members elected by their CLP (constituency Labour party) to attend Labour’s annual conference as delegates, who were subsequently blocked from attending […]
Welsh Labour to block democratic selection rights across all seats
The SKWAWKBOX has already covered the recent decision by Labour’s Welsh Executive Council (WEC) to prevent its members having the same democratic rights over the selection of candidates in six […]
NEC ‘screw-up’ costs Labour members 6 months’ qualification
Last week, the SKWAWKBOX covered the report on Labour’s Welsh Executive Committee (WEC) by WEC member Darren Williams, in which he revealed that Welsh Labour was planning to deprive its […]
Anti-Corbyn MP’s CLP disenfranchises members to appoint Conference delegate
It’s a matter of record that, while talking about unity (to try to take credit for a Labour surge that has nothing to do with them) and demanding that Labour’s […]
Labour 1st’s sectarian email shows VITAL to elect your Left conf delegates
Labour First’s email to its mailing list shows clearly that while Labour’s leadership focuses on the task of toppling a Tory government that can only prop itself up using the […]
Tories breaking law at polling stations – photograph, report, do not be fooled #GE17
Worrying reports are reaching the SKWAWKBOX of apparent illegal behaviour by Tory candidates or their representatives at some polling stations. The Tories appear to be affixing election posters to the […]
Did you know homeless people can register to vote? Here’s how. #GE17
You might not have known it, but homeless people can register to vote. The SKWAWKBOX didn’t until contacted by the @Homeless_vote Twitter account with a request to publicise their drive […]