Cryer’s email is a non-story – but as much as there is one, this is it
The MSM have been attempting to make something of an email by PLP (parliamentary Labour party) chair John Cryer to MPs bemoaning the party’s decision to put PLP secretary Dan […]
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Excl: Phillips ‘loses confidence’ of BAME colleagues over ‘dangerous’ abuse leak
Jess Phillips has strenuously denied the allegation made against her by some parliamentary colleagues. According to a number of BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) female Labour MPs, in dramatic […]
Shawcroft resigns, Izzard moves in – NEC power balance remains firm
Christine Shawcroft has resigned from the NEC following controversy about an email she sent about a council candidate’s alleged Holocaust denial. Right-wing Labour MPs wrote a letter to Jeremy Corbyn […]
Video: Corbyn the anti-Establishment statesman as May/’moderates’ rush to judgment over #Salisbury
Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and the resulting invasion. The invasion of Afghanistan. Military action in Libya. Military action in Syria. On each of these issues, Jeremy Corbyn has been […]
GS candidate Hilder on his ‘manifesto’
Labour General Secretary candidate Paul Hilder has taken an unusual approach to his application. Perhaps as a response to his status as a long-odds outside prospect, Hilder has set out […]
Excl: Creasy challenged over ‘racist ad’ image in parliamentary WhatsApp group
O Labour MP Stella Creasy has been in the news over the last week after Dan Fox, her ‘boyfriend’ – as described by the Daily Mail – was accused by […]
Labour MP Spellar’s trans joke email to parliamentary colleagues
West Midlands Labour MP John Spellar is not noted for being afraid to cause offence, having freely admitted on live national TV that he considered the use of the word […]
Right/’centrist’ humour-fail as they miss satire in Williamson’s Xmas message
On Christmas Eve, Labour front-bencher Chris Williamson released his ‘Christmas message’. It was a tongue-in-cheek affair. Williamson releases weekly video updates on goings-on at Westminster, but his Christmas edition was […]
Excl: Phillips misses PLP meeting on gender. Then attends Murdoch bash
Labour MP Jess Phillips is no stranger to the press. As well as being a frequent, vocal critic of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, she wrote an article for the […]
Exclusive: phases, timetable, process for Corbyn’s #DemocracyReview
In September the SKWAWKBOX exclusively published the terms of reference for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘democracy review’, which will be headed by ‘LOTO’ staffer Katy Clark, helped by NEC left-wingers […]