Fitzpatrick declines to stand for reselection
Anti-Corbyn London MP becomes first to decline to stand, at least publicly Jim Fitzpatrick, the Labour MP for Poplar and Limehouse constituency in London, has become the first Labour MP […]
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Watson tweets offer of help on Morgan’s ‘transphobic’ tweet and apologises – to Morgan
Piers Morgan’s ‘joke’ causes outrage and offence among LGBT people. Tom Watson apologises for ‘assistant’ deleting response. Apologises to Piers Morgan, that is Television presenter Piers Morgan outraged trans people […]
Mirror follows apology for using massacre footage with front page of killer as child
Mirror apologises for using footage broadcast by Christchurch murderer – then puts a large image of murderer as child on next day’s front page The notionally-left Daily Mirror caused outrage […]
Tories’ huge racism continues to unfold as Hunt’s own staff force ‘colonial’ ad’s removal
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has added to the government’s racism scandal today after Foreign Office staff forced an advert using ‘colonial era’ language to be taken down Earlier today, DWP […]
Listen: Rudd’s ‘outdated, offensive and revealing’ term for Abbott and other black women
Amber Rudd apologises for causing huge offence to BAME women DWP Secretary Amber Rudd caused enormous offence to women from ethnic minorities this afternoon during an interview on the BBC’s […]
Liverpool outrage as Streeting denies calling Scousers antisemitic – by implying they’re idiots
Streeting offends huge numbers of Liverpudlians with ‘antisemitic abuse’ comment – then implies only idiots would think that’s what he meant Centrist Ilford North MP Wes Streeting decided it would […]
Labour: “zero chance of suspending Wavertree”
Labour sources say Wavertree behaved entirely in accordance with the party’s rules – and say Tom Watson’s call is a case of sour grapes. Labour sources have told the SKWAWKBOX […]
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 […]
Exclusive: Willsman’s full apology for NEC comments
Yesterday a leaked recording of comments by NEC member Peter Willsman was published in the media, accompanied by a narrative that claimed he had been offensive or even racist toward […]
Shadow Women’s Sec Butler tears into May over upskirting failure
As the SKWAWKBOX covered on Friday, Tory MPs blocked legislation to outlaw ‘upskirting’ by talking non-stop for hours until deadlines for it to proceed further through the legislative process. Philip […]