Excl: Watson-linked Sandwell council CEO resigns
Top employee put on ‘extended leave’ last week steps down The SKWAWKBOX understands that Sandwell Council chief executive Jan Britton has resigned from his position after being placed last week […]
Tag Archives: heartlands
Union leaders, northern MP take imploding Mason to task for ‘shame’ of attack on Lavery and LOTO staff
Paul Mason has been prominent figure in the left Labour movement, but post-election attack on Labour Party chair and staff condemned – and Mason lashing out with accusations matching his […]
One simple graphic cuts through spin: why Labour must not go ‘full referendum’
Media spin focusing on idea of Labour losses to LibDems and comments from pro-referendum MPs but simple graphic shows a different reality Comment Inevitably, the media – and a coterie […]
Thornberry emerges on side of Watson in BBC appearance – and as potential challenger
Shadow Foreign Secretary went ‘full ultra’, wrongly claimed Labour NEC makes policy – and named by Campbell alongside Watson Emily Thornberry has emerged as a figurehead for the tactics underpinning […]
Polls send clear message to Labour: Labour MPs must have free vote on Brexit deal
MPs must be free to vote for their constituents on Withdrawal Agreement Comment As the SKWAWKBOX has reported, electoral experts have dismissed claims of a surge in the remain vote […]
Labour lost 74 council seats net to date. 70 were in working-class leave areas
Vast majority of Labour’s net loss so far was in strong working-class leave areas Comment Politicians and media are putting their preferred spin on the results declared so far from […]
Video: early #LE2019 results confirm centrists = fantasists. Labour MUST drop referendum talk
As SKWAWKBOX has warned for months, centrist claims of shift to remain in working-class heartlands are a fantasy – and Labour must now discard notion of new referendum Comment The […]
Brexit party candidate resigns over colleague’s refusal to disavow pro-IRA bombing comments
NW candidate steps down in protest at fellow NW candidate Claire Fox’s refusal to condemn 1993 Warrington bombing Warrington-based Brexit Party candidate for the north-west of England Sally Bate resigned […]
2m votes lost by new-referendum diversion show Labour must make clean break with notion
Labour continues to lead Tories in polling – but votes lost during new-referendum excursion show whole idea must be jettisoned Comment YouGov’s polling is considered by many to understate Labour’s […]
Guest article: a working-class revolt
In the summer, South Yorkshire teacher and union activist Andy Searson wrote a hard-hitting, two-part article on the working-class Brexit vote, New Labour’s estrangement of the working class and what […]