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Scottish govt set to drop IHRA as “dog’s breakfast” hate-crime law revised

13/12/2018by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 22 Comments

Much has been made over recent months of the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s ‘working definition’ (IHRA) of antisemitism by various organisations, as pressure was brought to bear […]

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Hancock’s half-app is a licence to kill the GP services we rely on

05/11/2018by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 13 Comments

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is taking over where his woeful predecessors Jeremy Hunt and Andrew Lansley left off by escalating the Tories assault on the NHS as a public, comprehensive service […]

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As we remember #Manchester victims, remember this. #security #cuts

22/05/2018by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 6 Comments

As the nation remembers the victims of the Manchester bombing, with grief for those killed and admiration for those who have overcome terrible injuries, the Establishment is presenting that grief […]

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Tory minister shouted down as ‘liar’ – by Tory-heartland #BBCQT audience

19/01/2018by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 36 Comments

BBC Question Time audiences are regarded by many as regularly dominated by right-wingers. So Tory minister Margot James could be forgiven if she expected an easy ride on Thursday night’s […]

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Williamson’s bold idea exposes Tory reality: they devolve blame, not power

11/01/2018by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 16 Comments

The yearly misery Every year around this time since the Tories took Downing Street in 2010, local authorities are forced into the miserable process of deciding which services get cut […]

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Video: May surrenders to EU/DUP, chooses ‘civil war’ with Brexiteers

08/12/2017by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 16 Comments

Comment Last night, the SKWAWKBOX exclusively broke the news that Theresa May had reached a deal with Ireland and the EU on the Irish border that was acceptable to the […]

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This means war? Bevan’s legacy: risk, reward, retaliation & resolution

01/10/2012by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 3 Comments

I spent the train journey down to London this morning reading the first chapters of Aneurin Bevan’s ‘In Place of Fear’, a master-work that was republished for the 60th anniversary of […]

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The Liverpool Care Pathway – a personal & political perspective

09/07/2012by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 12 Comments

If you’ve visited this blog before, you’ll know that I’ve written on various occasions about the general Tory tactic of eroding public support and sympathy for a section of the […]

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Regional Public Sector Pay – The Government’s Hidden Agenda

05/07/2012by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 3 Comments

This is a repost of my 20/5 blog. Vince Cable claimed this morning that he’s killed off the plans for lower regional pay, but George Osborne is still ‘gathering information’ until late […]

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