Successful Angela Smith no-confidence motion – full text
On Friday night, ‘centrist’ Penistone and Stocksbridge MP Angela Smith received a 27-20 – a good turn-out for a delegate-based CLP – vote of no confidence from her CLP (constituency […]
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Labour again schools Tories on social media with #YearOfMayhem Twitter response to lame-duck speech
As Theresa May skittered away from the Tories’ conference, thanking her lucky stars she could let her mouthpieces claim her dreary, lame-duck closing speech was a success because it wasn’t […]
Erith & Thamesmead passes unanimous vote of CONFIDENCE in Teresa Pearce MP
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, […]
Leading BAME MPs slam Umunna’s exploitation of racism
At the weekend, right-wing Labour back-bencher Chuka Umunna, perhaps rattled by the visit of his well-known and popular colleague Chris Williamson’s ‘Democracy Roadshow’ to his constituency a few days before, […]
Charity Commission confirms investigating ‘concerns’ re CAA petition
The CAA (Campaign against Antisemitism) – an organisation that has been accused of being pro-Israeli “shock troops” “pos[ing] as a charity” and has been the subject of a petition seeking […]
Departing Labour donor funded Corbyn leadership opponents, offered to fund new party
The Observer, like most of the rest of the ‘MSM’ on Sunday, has joined in the mass delirium – or April Fool’s jape – of further attacks on Labour and […]
Awkward member-numbers question the Tories really don’t seem to want to answer
Last weekend, Tory chair Brandon Lewis claimed that the number of Conservative party members had ‘soared’ to 124,000 – double most estimates: Most mainstream media have been mapping a continual […]
Review: “Rise: How Jeremy Corbyn Inspired the Young to Create a New Socialism”
Last year, Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party shook the foundations of UK Establishment and remade the landscape of our politics in a ‘Corbyn surge’ that was characterised more than […]
MSM claims left panic, little support for Formby for #JenSec. Oh dear
PoliticsHome‘s Kevin Schofield has tweeted an ‘anonymous source’ claim that the left is ‘panicking’ because Unite’s Jennie Formby ‘hasn’t got enough support’ for her candidacy for the position of Labour […]
Mismatch in MP donation reporting process leaves gaping loophole for abuse
Political donations are currently a major news topic because of large sums given to Labour MP Tom Watson by Max Mosley – and allegations by Channel 4 News and a […]