Formby’s first-day email to all Labour members
Labour’s new General Secretary Jennie Formby had her first day in the new job today. Given events of the last week, it can hardly have been the easiest introduction. She […]
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Formby’s likely roadmap for fixing Labour’s disciplinary process
One of the most misleading aspects of recent uproars about the Labour Party is frustration – on the part of those making complaints and the subjects of complaints alike – […]
Review: “Rise: How Jeremy Corbyn Inspired the Young to Create a New Socialism”
Last year, Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party shook the foundations of UK Establishment and remade the landscape of our politics in a ‘Corbyn surge’ that was characterised more than […]
BBC journalist leaks info to anti-Corbyn activist. BBC’s astonishing, arrogant response
Last night the SKWAWKBOX published exclusive evidence showing a BBC journalist not only leaking sensitive information to an anti-Corbyn activist in the London borough of Haringey – but sending it […]
‘Corbyn is coming!’ BBC’s #Budget17 preview – and what it really means
The BBC’s Daily Politics show on Monday gave a ‘preview’ of what the government has told it will be the key themes in the government’s Budget next month – and it […]
#McDonaldsStrike: “They’re not lovin’ it, but we’re human beings”
As the Huffington Post and other outlets have publicised, staff at two McDonalds stores – in Crayford in East London and in Cambridge – have voted by over 95% in […]
#CorbynWins – then goes on the attack over #DementiaTax #GE17
Fresh from his convincing victory in tonight’s BBC Question Time Leaders’ Special, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party have launched a gloves-off attack on Theresa May and the Tory […]
Newsnight’s grotesque ‘Empress’ May – but where’s the ‘She must go’ narrative?
Newsnight has for a long time been one of the worst BBC programmes in terms of a naked bias against Labour – or, more precisely, against Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour, so […]
16 policies that Labour would carry out if in power
Eoin Clarke has just published an excellent and thoroughly-sourced article on his fantastic ‘Green Benches‘ blog listing 16 policies that Labour would implement if in power, including cuts in tuition […]
Latest YouGov poll: reasons to be cheerful and the need for boldness
Yesterday’s YouGov poll shows the biggest Labour lead since YouGov started doing regular polls of party standings in 2002: Even more interesting, to me at least, is the table (taken […]