Breaking: Labour expects 5 MPs to leave Monday
Labour break-away now expected on Monday – but number set to be countable on one hand Right-wing MPs planning to leave the Labour Party appear to have had no fewer […]
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Rosen’s centrist take-down thread nails it
Famous poet and author Michael Rosen has a track record of using his wits – and wit – to expose the posturings of right-wingers. In a series of tweets over […]
Umunna’s on/off departure is on again – and off/on/off
Chuka Umunna’s failure to take the emergency exit last night led to attempts by a handful of ‘mainstream’ journalists to claim the SKWAWKBOX’s article on it was fake news. But […]
Walk-out group set to be tiny as impressed old foes stick with Corbyn
In spite of the best efforts of their friends in the media to talk up their plans over the last couple of days, the SKWAWKBOX understands that the group of […]
Excl: centrists – crushed by EU praise for Corbyn Brexit – plan breakaway next week
The huge welcome by EU leaders for Jeremy Corbyn’s vision of Brexit has panicked centrists into a breakaway – planned for next week The unbridled warmth of EU leaders for […]
Umunna supporters: “he’ll leave and start own party if CLP votes AMM”. No denial.
As the SKWAWKBOX reported last night, there was drama in Streatham as Labour members voted by 190 to 183 to switch to all-member meetings (AMM) instead of the previous ‘general […]
Open selection moves closer as Unite’s Beckett voices support. You can help
While Momentum and many CLPs (constituency Labour parties) have been raising awareness and backing for open selection, Labour insiders and activists feel that Chuka Umunna’s recent statements reflect an attempt […]
As SKWAWKBOX warned, a #CoupOfCowardice is underway. #NoPasaran
Yesterday, as the attacks on Jeremy Corbyn’s video message to the Jewish community was cynically attacked, the SKWAWKBOX warned that the response removed any reasonable doubt that a new coup […]
‘Centrist’ MP’s bizarre fundraising evening with Blair fuels new-party speculation
Sedgefield MP Phil Wilson – a so-called ‘centrist’ Labour MP and vocal critic of party leader Jeremy Corbyn – was one of the few Labour MPs to reduce his majority in […]
Video: Cable’s non-denial of new party plans – and “I want my party at the centre of it”
The SKWAWKBOX has published information over a number of weeks showing that the long-predicted but little-anticipated formation of a new party out of disgruntled and defunct centrists was imminent. Allies […]