Foy wins Durham PPC slot for the left
Pro-Corbyn councillor and CLP chair Mary Foy has won the contest to stand for Labour in City of Durham constituency at the next parliamentary election. Ms Foy’s victory continues a […]
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Anjum removal from Ealing North shortlist leaves Owen Smith fan as only remaining woman
Local councillor removed over after complaint of homophobic tweets – publicised by ally of remaining female candidate Local councillor Sitarah Anjum has been removed from Labour’s shortlist of potential candidates […]
Left sweeps board of top Warley AGM positions in spite of Spellar pleas as trigger approaches
The Labour left won the top five executive posts at last week’s annual general meeting (AGM) of Warley constituency Labour party (CLP). Members report that Spellar was meeting members on […]
Excl: Hodge ‘triggered by Barking RIGHT’ – and more heavily than media implied
Right-wing Labour MP faces selection contest because of move to remove her by own faction The media has cast the vote by local Labour members to ‘trigger‘ Barking MP Margaret […]
Enfield council leader no-show as bullying finding upheld
Right-wing Labour council leader’s appeal attacking integrity of monitoring officer and bringing statements of support from various problematic right-wingers rejected A bullying finding against Enfield Council leader Nesil Caliskan has […]
Mirror: no response on shoddy journalism re Labour membership
Report claimed reasons for membership change that are not in evidence The Daily Mirror – supposedly a left-wing paper – has printed an article claiming that Labour’s membership fell by […]
Akehurst’s ‘chilling’ list exposes ‘Stalinist’ double standard
Labour right-winger’s tweet re Corbyn-supporting councillors triggers outrage Luke Akehurst, secretary of right-wing pressure group Labour First, has triggered a horrified reaction from Labour supporters by tweeting that a letter […]
Labour councillors in Watson’s home borough stand in solidarity with Formby – except two who work for him
Sandwell Labour group stands for photo to send to Formby as council leader ‘heaps praise’ on Labour general secretary – apart from two employed by ‘bullying’ deputy leader The behaviour […]
Right-wing Labour First group calls push for BAME, young and working-class leaders “ridiculous”
Anti-Corbyn group’s secretary fails to recognise issue with comment when asked Right-wing Labour group ‘Labour First’ has described a Momentum call for more MPs from black, Asian and ethnic groups, […]
Sandwell council CEO’s no-pay-off departure raises serious questions re conduct of Watson’s local allies
Sandwell Council confirms Jan Britton resigned from £140k per year post without ‘compensation package’ As the SKWAWKBOX reported yesterday Jan Britton, the chief executive officer of Sandwell Council – the […]