Breaking: Jones to step down as Welsh Labour leader/FM – opens door for left leader
Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones has announced that he is standing down in the autumn. This should open the door for a left-wing leader to take over and begin […]
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Excl: McCluskey intervenes to lift Unite deputy-leader suspensions
One unwanted side-effect of the battle between Julie Morgan and Carolyn Harris for the new position of Welsh Labour deputy leader has been the suspension of three officials of the […]
Excl: Welsh dep leader candidate Julie Morgan talks OMOV, Corbyn, Salisbury – and Sargeant inquiry
The Labour Party in Wales is in the middle of a historic campaign to elect its first ever deputy leader. Both of the candidates are women, both from the broad […]
Centrist ‘outrage’ as NEC restores democracy to Young Labour
Labour’s NEC (National Executive Committee) ‘away day’ meeting in Glasgow last Sunday agreed that the selection of the Young Labour representative on the NEC would be democratised – switching to […]
Young Labour’s blistering statement on member disenfranchisement
Last month, the SKWAWKBOX revealed an anti-democratic move to disenfranchise huge numbers of ‘Young Labour’ (YL) members by imposing an ‘electoral college’ delegate system on YL’s annual conference. The change […]
Exclusive: Labour right’s huge new anti-democratic power-grab ‘scandal’
On Tuesday this week, Labour’s NEC (National Executive Committee) met. Tucked away on the fourth of five pages of a report of the meeting by an NEC member is an […]
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 […]
Lab Conf delegate deadline moved. Right already organising. Left cannot fail to
One effect of Theresa May’s decision to call a June election has been the suspension of normal CLP (constituency Labour party) meetings – although campaign-planning meetings are still being held. […]
Pro-Corbyn Conference delegates sweep board at Welsh CLP
The SKWAWKBOX recently covered a pro-Corbyn triumph at Bristol West CLP (constituency Labour party), which selected no fewer than nineteen delegates for Labour’s annual Conference in Brighton. All 19 are Corbyn […]
Akehurst says 19 left Conference delegates a waste – so more are needed
Labour First‘s Luke Akehurst definitely wasn’t happy on Friday. But not for the reason he pretended. Akehurst tweeted a whiny criticism of Bristol West CLP for their selection of delegates […]