Video: Austin calls Thatcher ‘hero’
Right-wing MP Ian Austin has a habit of outraging Labour supporters – and others. He has been called ‘thuggish’ and a ‘unpleasant bully’and attacked Jewish author Michael Rosen when Rosen […]
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Video: Establishment rattled by Labour unity attacks and misrepresents ‘viral’ pledge
Unity pledge written by Labour members goes viral, rattles Establishment A unity pledge written by Labour members has gone viral within hours of its publication and is being signed by […]
Twitter slashing view count on Corbyn and Labour videos
In a disturbing new phenomenon, Twitter appears to be retrospectively slashing the ‘viewed’ count on videos tweeted by Jeremy Corbyn and other Labour politicians and activists. Videos posted by Corbyn’s […]
Video: Bercow ‘owns’ Hammond – and entire govt – hilariously
Chancellor Philip ‘Hapless’ Hammond received a surgical – and very funny – put-down from Speaker John Bercow in the House of Commons today after setting himself up perfectly for it, […]
McDonnell’s letter to Treasury chief shows Labour preparing for government
A letter sent today by Labour’s Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell to the senior Treasury civil servant shows Labour is in preparation mode for a new election – and a Labour […]
Successful Angela Smith no-confidence motion – full text
On Friday night, ‘centrist’ Penistone and Stocksbridge MP Angela Smith received a 27-20 – a good turn-out for a delegate-based CLP – vote of no confidence from her CLP (constituency […]
Watson criticises Gove – for ‘disloyalty’
Comment It’s one of the ironies of politics that so many politicians don’t seem to get irony. Labour deputy leader Tom Watson chose to tweet a comment about Michael Gove’s […]
John McDonnell and THAT tax comment – the real story
The mainstream media – abetted as usual by a selection of the ‘usual suspects’ among right-wing Labour MPs – have attempted to make mischief and distract from the flop of […]
Labour’s 10 Universal Credit demands ahead of Hammond’s #Budget2018
A statement by the Labour Party has outlined ten ’emergency demands’ the party is making of the Tories on Universal Credit (UC) ahead of Chancellor Philip Hammond’s budget speech this afternoon. […]
2yrs ago, John McDonnell was pilloried for calling for removal of Green’s knighthood
Two years ago, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell called for Philip Green’s knighthood to be removed for his ‘vandalism’ British Home Stores pensions scandal – and said similar about Richard Branson because of […]