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Video: Austin calls Thatcher ‘hero’

17/02/2019by SKWAWKBOX 11 Comments

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

17/02/2019by SKWAWKBOX 35 Comments

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 […]

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Twitter slashing view count on Corbyn and Labour videos

17/12/2018by SKWAWKBOX 7 Comments

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 […]

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Video: Bercow ‘owns’ Hammond – and entire govt – hilariously

11/12/2018by SKWAWKBOX 2 Comments

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, […]

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McDonnell’s letter to Treasury chief shows Labour preparing for government

30/11/2018by SKWAWKBOX 6 Comments

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 […]

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Successful Angela Smith no-confidence motion – full text

18/11/2018by SKWAWKBOX 10 Comments

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 […]

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Watson criticises Gove – for ‘disloyalty’

17/11/2018by SKWAWKBOX 3 Comments

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 […]

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John McDonnell and THAT tax comment – the real story

31/10/2018by SKWAWKBOX 13 Comments

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 […]

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Labour’s 10 Universal Credit demands ahead of Hammond’s #Budget2018

29/10/2018by SKWAWKBOX 2 Comments

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. […]

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2yrs ago, John McDonnell was pilloried for calling for removal of Green’s knighthood

25/10/2018by SKWAWKBOX 9 Comments

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 […]

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