SKWAWKBOX launches Telegram channel
As the SKWAWKBOX has covered, over the last year and more the established social media channels have been making more and more changes to restrict the visibility of alternative news […]
Tag Archives: free speech
Huge emotion as #Lab18 becomes a sea of Palestinian flags during debate
Labour’s main conference hall in Liverpool became a well of emotion and a sea of colour this afternoon as delegates made a huge, visual show of solidarity with oppressed Palestinians. […]
Labour’s Formby shows Powell a better approach to online forums
Labour MP Lucy Powell has been appearing in the media to promote her “Private Member’s Bill” which, as she describes it, is intended to ‘establish’: legal accountability for what’s published […]
Excl: Ann Black ‘would support’ IHRA free-speech statement
In the tumult surrounding the failure earlier this week of Labour’s NEC (National Executive Committee) to pass the full ‘statement’ put forward by party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s to protect free […]
Confirmed: existing Code of Conduct protections still apply until strengthened one agreed
Senior Labour insiders have confirmed that the protections of the existing Code of Conduct still apply and govern the application of the additional IHRA examples that were adopted yesterday by the […]
Code+ back on track – reaction of Corbyn’s opponents underlines that and more
The full statement protecting free speech delivered by Labour leader Jeremy to the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) today was not, ultimately, voted on by Labour’s ruling body today. Instead, […]
Excl: expected route and outcomes from today’s NEC meeting
Sources inside Labour’s NEC (National Executive Committee) have given the SKWAWKBOX an exclusive outline of the planned path of today’s meeting regarding the adoption of additional IHRA ‘working definition’ (‘IHRA’) […]
Code+/IHRA back on 4 Sep agenda – but avoiding delay to Democracy Review discussion crucial
The Labour National Executive Committee’s (NEC) standing orders state that the issue of Labour’s Code of Conduct should not be discussed until October at the earliest – after the […]
Breaking: neither IHRA examples nor Code+ on 4 Sep NEC agenda
Several NEC members have told the SKWAWKBOX that neither the addition of the remaining ‘IHRA examples‘ to Labour’s Code of Conduct nor the strengthening of protections for free speech and the rights […]
Excl: Finkelstein critiques IHRA ‘definition’ – and rejects it whole
Renowned academic and activist Norman Finkelstein recently issued a video of his blistering condemnation of Labour MP Margaret Hodge for her comparison of a disciplinary process against her by […]