A year ago, Gerard Coyne was in the S*n doing this
SKWAWKBOX readers interested in union matters – or the impact Unite in particular has had on the ‘Corbyn project’ – will have followed the attempt by right-wing challenger Gerard Coyne […]
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Formby’s new email to all CLPs: no criticism for those raising antisemitism concerns
Labour’s new General Secretary Jennie Formby made a strong start to her new role with a first-day email to all Labour members calling on them to work with her to […]
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 […]
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 – […]
Unite consults lawyers re Coyne’s extraordinary post-hearing fantasy smear
Today the SKWAWKBOX attended the latest hearing in the dispute between Gerard Coyne, the defeated and sacked candidate in last year’s contest for the General Secretary position and Unite, the […]
Iain McNicol’s leaving-do tonight
Former Labour General Secretary Iain McNicol’s leaving do is tonight (Tues). There is certainly no reason whatever to think that what has been described as the ‘must-miss event of the […]
Right’s ‘diverse’ NEC campaign claims to give members a voice – but would deprive most of theirs
Labour First’s latest attempt to lever itself back onto Labour’s NEC (National Executive Committee) camouflages itself as a plan to give ‘better’ representation to the UK’s regions and constituent countries […]
Breaking: Formby appointed as Labour General Secretary
Unite’s Jennie Formby has been appointed as Labour’s new General Secretary in a vote by the party’s National Executive Committee, ahead of the other shortlisted candidate, former NUT General Secretary […]
Exclusive: candid footage of key Labour reactions to news of ‘Southside’ resignations
News has broken of a series of resignations at Labour’s ‘Southside’ – or ‘Darkside’ to its critics – HQ ahead of the appointment of a new General Secretary by the […]
Key Watson ally finally suspended from Labour, say Sandwell members
Derek Rowley, the Secretary of Labour’s Local Campaign Forum (LCF) in the West Midlands borough of Sandwell, has been the subject of serious allegations from Labour members and council employees […]