“AmberForLeader” Twitter account created
As Tory MPs prepared to meet to decide the political fate of Theresa May, DWP Secretary Amber Rudd has been front and centre among the front-benchers vowing support for May […]
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Two Liverpool CLPs condemn their MP’s support for 2nd referendum call
Earlier this week, some thirty-odd centrist MPs and a handful of peers and MEPs signed a letter to Jeremy Corbyn to demand that he initiate a vote of no-confidence and […]
Video: May’s Downing St no-confidence response projects delusion, not defiance
Surprising no one, Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922 committee, has confirmed this morning that Theresa May faces a vote of no confidence in her leadership, surprising no […]
Labour debunks ‘elitist donor’ claim
Right-wing ‘Labour’ sites have claimed that Labour has resurrected Tony Blair’s ‘Thousand Club’ and that this is because the party’s finances are less healthy than they have been since the […]
Breaking: six opposition parties combine to call for contempt of Parliament proceedings
As flagged by Labour spokespeople during television interviews yesterday and today, a letter has gone to Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, asking him to begin contempt of […]
Questions over Gething campaign as ‘research company’ gathering Welsh member data
Questions have been raised about the campaign of Welsh Labour leadership candidate Vaughan Gething after the activities of a ‘research company’ came to light. The company has been calling Welsh […]
Breaking: May confidence vote triggered as DUP issues ultimatum
Multiple parliamentary sources are reporting that the confidence vote in Theresa May has been triggered. The SKWAWKBOX yesterday published claims by several Tory MPs that the ‘1922 Committee’ had received […]
Tory MPs: ‘Brady has far more than 48 letters’
Brexiter Jacob Rees-Mogg has said publicly that he has submitted a letter of no confidence in Theresa May to the Tories ‘1922 Committee’, which holds the power to trigger a […]
Drakeford launches manifesto for Welsh Labour
Welsh Labour leadership candidate Mark Drakeford has launched his detailed manifesto for Welsh Labour – and the Welsh government – if he succeeds in his election bid. The forty-page document […]
Drakeford: “power to the Welsh people”/”Grym i Bobl Cymru”
Welsh Labour leadership and First Minister contender Mark Drakeford – whom the SKWAWKBOX exclusively interviewed last month – launches his vision for reform under a socialist government in Wales at […]