New twist in Wirral smear saga as councillor resigns facing bullying allegations
The national media has been helping to propagate a series of attacks on the Labour left in the Merseyside borough of Wirral, just across the river from the site of […]
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Birkenhead: exclusive insight into the construction of a Mail smear
Today’s Daily Mail carries a lurid headline alleging that ‘hard’ (i.e. about in the centre if this were Scandinavia) left Labour members are ‘forcing’ so-called ‘moderates’ out of Merseyside: It’s […]
Excl: Times’ star witness for Wirral ‘Militant’ bullying story – wasn’t present
Last weekend, the Sunday Times ran a major article amplifying the smear campaign against Labour members in the Merseyside borough of Wirral, claiming that the ‘ghost of Militant’ was being […]
Field chickens out – will not call by-election
It seems that Birkenhead ex-Labour MP Frank Field’s commitment to the ‘sovereignty’ of constituents only goes so far. Surprising almost nobody, news has emerged that, following his resignation of the […]
Police issue CCTV pic named as ‘author’ of Wirral councillor’s resignation. Council no-comment
As the SKWAWKBOX exclusively revealed last week, a bitter resignation letter issued by Wirral councillor Michael Sullivan that called local Labour members ‘parasites’ showed close ally of the council leader, […]
“Frankly fed up” – newly-elected, Jewish Wirral councillor responds to Field’s resignation smear
Now-ex Labour MP Frank Field announced yesterday that he was resigning the Labour whip with the intention of remaining in Parliament as an independent MP. In spite of his recent […]
Field – CAMERON’s former workfare ‘czar’ – resigns Labour whip
Veteran Birkenhead MP Frank Field has resigned the Labour whip. No indication has been given that he intends to step down as an MP and trigger a by-election. Field has […]
Excl: ‘author’ of councillor’s ‘parasite’ resignation letter is PR ally of Labour council leader
There has been an interesting sequence of events on Merseyside this week – or to be more precise, on the Wirral peninsula. Sheila Murphy On Monday, the ‘Labour Uncut‘ website […]
Mersey Fire Authority accused of ‘revenge for climbdown’ – moves to disband crews
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and activists on Merseyside have been celebrating victory in their campaign to prevent the acceleration of a plan to make drastic cuts to fire cover […]
All Liverpool CLP Chairs, Secs, sign letter calling on fire authority to abandon accelerated cuts
Merseyside firefighters are in dispute with the area’s fire authority over its plans for a major downgrade of fire cover on top of cuts already made in the first eight […]