Former leadership challenger to resign ‘for personal reasons’ Owen Smith, who unsuccessfully challenged Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership in 2016, is to step down at the next election. Smith’s […]
Local councillor removed over after complaint of homophobic tweets – publicised by ally of remaining female candidate Local councillor Sitarah Anjum has been removed from Labour’s shortlist of potential candidates […]
Smith’s attempt to attack Corbyn’s effort in EU referendum campaign ended in embarrassment – but so-called ‘centrists’ appear to have learned no lessons A video of a debate from the […]
Murdoch paper claims ‘collapse’ in member support for party leader – but it’s same as in both previous leader elections There are defining moments in politics – and one has […]
Move to democratise leadership elections aims to work around controversial rule blocking it Earlier this year, Labour left organisation CLPD published a motion for this autumn’s party conference asking the […]
Questions have been raised about the campaign of Welsh Labour leadership candidate Vaughan Gething after the activities of a ‘research company’ came to light. The company has been calling Welsh […]
Erith & Thamesmead’s Labour MP Teresa Pearce did not support Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership. In 2016, she supported challenger Owen Smith in the leadership contest. But last week, […]
Momentum founder Jon Lansman has come out in condemnation of an article by Open Labour’s Owen Smith-supporting Jade Azim, after a fraught twenty-four hours or so in which too many […]
Anti-Brexit OFOC’s (Our Future Our Choice) Tess Milligan appeared on the BBC’s Daily Politics today in a debate with Novara’s Aaron Bastani about the company’s – or ‘grassroots movement’, depending […]
It’s been almost a month since the last SKWAWKBOX update – and a busy one. Here is just a small selection of the information this blog has brought to its […]