Formby’s first-day email to all Labour members
Labour’s new General Secretary Jennie Formby had her first day in the new job today. Given events of the last week, it can hardly have been the easiest introduction. She […]
Tag Archives: misogyny
Excl: Unite women’s letter takes Observer to task over ‘sexist’ Cohen’s Formby attack
Last weekend, the Observer’s dreary Nick Cohen varied his usual anti-Corbyn bile by launching a misogynist attack against the Unite union’s Jennie Formby, who is one of two women on […]
Cohen’s misogynist article shows him and his employer flailing for relevance
Someone once wrote – the reference escapes for the moment – that Nick Cohen was so outraged and sidelined by the Corbyn phenomenon and the rise of the actual left […]
You CAN judge someone by the company they keep – says Stella Creasy
The manufactured furore over the SKWAWKBOX’s emailed question to Labour MP for Walthamstow Stella Creasy continues – and continues to become more bizarre. Ms Creasy herself has never actually addressed […]
We asked Stella Creasy about socialising with Tories. This happened
During the summer, a SKWAWKBOX interview with Labour MP Laura Pidcock not only went viral on social media but was also picked up – often with a large side of […]
Deputy PM Green’s SpAd tweeted topless pic to Harman, Burley
As the SKWAWKBOX covered on Saturday, deputy PM Damian Green messed up the tweet of his strongly-worded denial of accusations of ‘extreme’ pornography on his parliamentary computer – by tweeting […]
Right-wing media omit key info in O’Mara case
Jared O’Mara’s attitudes toward women appear to have been reprehensible and this blog has no interest in defending them. However, information relating to disturbing omissions from reports concerning that behaviour […]
Tories hold STRIPPER night
The Tories love a bit of faux-outrage when it gives them chance to attack the Labour Party. The ‘MSM’ like to join in, instantly jumping to generalised talk of ‘Labour’s […]
Speaker rejects Tories’ ‘absurd’ debate request on Lewis
Labour MP Clive Lewis hit the headlines last week for the wrong reasons over footage from a stage appearance at a Novara Media party. Many have expressed the opinion that […]
#GE17 opponent suffers vile sexism. Tory MP complains ‘someone sang Oh JC’
During the recent General Election Emily Owen, Labour parliamentary candidate for Aberconwy standing against Tory incumbent Guto Bebb, received a ‘torrent’ of ‘vile sexist abuse’ online, including requests for sex acts […]