Labour leader and senior MPs embark on summer ‘tour’ Jeremy Corbyn and his senior MPs are going on tour. In a series of ‘Labour Roots’ events, they will meet activists […]
Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott received a rousing reception at Labour’s Conference this morning – and an enormous cheer from the vast majority of delegates when the Shadow Home Secretary […]
This article was published on this blog a week ago under a different title. It has now been covered by The Canary with the title “The fresh scandal that could […]
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 […]
The articles on Orgreave and the government’s reasons for refusing a public inquiry over the last week or so have been among the most widely read in this blog’s history. […]
Later this week I plan to publish an article covering the various pieces of compelling eye-witness testimony about Orgreave, the actions of police there and the involvement of army troops […]
(Even if you’re not a current or former police/services member who was at Orgreave, please share this post to widen its reach.) The articles on this blog about the events […]
I’ve had the privilege over the last couple of days of interviewing an eyewitness who had a ‘ringside seat’ for the infamous ‘Battle of Orgreave’. This witness, who was not a […]
Within the last hour or so, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has created outrage by refusing to allow a public inquiry into the police assault on striking miners commonly known as […]