There is no candidate on the leadership horizon who matches ex-miner’s track record of commitment to enabling members to carry Labour into government Labour Party chair Ian Lavery has quickly […]
Tough-nut ex-miner has experienced poverty, understands solidarity, can carry a crowd – and takes no s*** The prospect of Ian Lavery as a candidate in the Labour leadership contest – […]
Three veterans of the miners’ strike speak out A video featuring an ex-miner laying some hard truth Boris Johnson has been one of the viral hits of Labour’s general election […]
Labour leader’s unbroken history of solidarity with working-class communities stretches back decades The Tories still hope to pick up votes and seats in working-class communities next week, in spite of […]
Script that would have been video by late film-maker Simon Baker is turned into important guest post by Rotherham teacher Andy Searson on the importance of working-class values and history […]
Local councillor links lost seats to Cooper’s anti-Brexit activities Centrist former Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has been blamed for losses in her home area during last week’s local elections. Cllr […]
In a follow-up to his first hard-hitting guest post, South Yorkshire teacher, Labour voter and trade union activist Andy Searson moves from analysis of the working-class Brexit vote and why […]
The Kinnocks, both senior and junior, are receiving something of a pasting on social media today, after twice-unsuccessful former Labour leader senior decided to use the Independent as a vehicle […]
Over recent weeks, the SKWAWKBOX has been privileged to provide explosive eyewitness testimony showing the involvement of military personnel impersonating police officers against striking miners at The Battle of Orgreave […]
The SKWAWKBOX’s articles on events at the ‘Battle of Orgreave’ during the 1984 miners’ strike have been among the most read in the history of this blog, especially the new […]