Downing St’s text message to Tory MPs signalling May’s departure
Text tells MPs she will step down if deal passes, so Tories can elect new leader A text message sent by Downing Street to MPs says May will step down […]
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Motion against Watson passed by CLPs – hundreds expected to follow
Motion calling on Watson to resign or submit himself for re-election expected to take local Labour parties by storm CLPs (constituency Labour parties) up and down the country are preparing […]
No, McCluskey is not preparing to quit
Unite general secretary is ‘going nowhere’ There has been (yet more) fake news put out by right-wing media claiming that Unite general secretary Len McCluskey is planning to retire next […]
Number of Labour MPs against any new referendum motion passes 50
Anti-referendum intent among Labour MPs increases On Tuesday afternoon, the SKWAWKBOX reported the at least thirty-five Labour MPs intending to vote against any motion or amendment tabled to try to […]
Video: Sky News interview with old Corbyn opponent may not have gone quite according to plan
Derby South MP and former Foreign and Health Secretary Margaret Beckett infamously claimed, when it began to look like Jeremy Corbyn might win the Labour leadership election in 2015, that […]
The likely candidates to replace Eling as Sandwell Labour leader
As the SKWAWKBOX reported last month, the dramatic suspension of Sandwell council leader Steve Eling – a close ally of right-wing Labour MPs Tom Watson and John Spellar – by […]
Trump appoints Venezuelan envoy – an actual war criminal and democracy-destroyer
Donald Trump – or US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on his behalf – has appointed Elliott Abrams as envoy to Venezuela, in a clear signal of the reality of […]
Video: Venezuela May 2018 – opposition campaign chief accepts presidential election result
The attacks on the Venezuelan government and attempts by the US and other countries to legitimise self-appointed ‘interim president’ Juan Guaido have continued as US motivations have become explicit, with […]
Dyer re-elected NCC chair unopposed
Anna Dyer has been re-elected unopposed as Chair of the National Constitutional Committee (NCC), Labour’s senior disciplinary body – news which will delight Labour members eager to see the quasi-judicial […]
Questions over Gething campaign as ‘research company’ gathering Welsh member data
Questions have been raised about the campaign of Welsh Labour leadership candidate Vaughan Gething after the activities of a ‘research company’ came to light. The company has been calling Welsh […]