Video: quitter party interim leader doesn’t know its name
Heidi Allen is interim leader of Change UK – or something As the SKWAWKBOX covered earlier today, the ‘quitter group’ of MPs has applied to be a political party in […]
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“Watson oversee complaints? Last time he intervened he was in trouble with Parliament and police!”
Labour’s current deputy leader, Tom Watson, has briefed media that he intends to personally oversee Labour’s disciplinary process – and even that he will be running his own parallel process. […]
Video: BBC pre-arranged to film anti-Corbyn PR stunt
This afternoon, BBC News showed a spray-paint ‘attack’ on a posted featuring Jeremy Corbyn’s Twitter profile as part of a feature about Theresa May’s continuing Brexit incompetence. It was clear […]
May’s latest desperation ploy to get her EU deal approved: pass a version the EU has NOT agreed
Theresa May’s desperation to get her Brexit agreement through Parliament appears to have deprived her of any ability to think beyond that short-term goal. According to the BBC this morning, […]
Efforts to undermine #CammellLaird strikers pt 2: the petition
On Wednesday evening, the SKWAWKBOX published evidence of a coordinated campaign on social media to undermine the efforts and credibility of GMB and Unite members at the Cammell Laird shipyard […]
How good new selection rules are is clear in how much Labour First hates them
Advocates of ‘open selection’ continue to make noise about the decision of Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to put forward an ‘affirmative ballot’ process for the selection of Labour’s parliamentary […]
Wirral Labour echoes ‘choreographed’ smear accusation – and calls for national investigation
On Saturday, the SKWAWKBOX revealed the damning letter sent by members of Wirral West Labour party, accusing a Labour councillor, the council leader, Birkenhead MP Frank Field and others of […]
“Code+” is likely outcome of NEC vote on IHRA examples – and puts right in a quandary
NEC has been reviewing and consulting on its recently-launched Code of Conduct NEC arithmetic means IHRA ‘working definition’ examples will be adopted in full, in spite of free speech issues same […]
Tory chair’s 24hr u-turn – from zero tolerance of Islamophobia to claiming it’s just ‘playing politics’
On Friday, Tory chair Brandon Lewis wrote an article for the Conservative Home website in which he claimed that he and the party had adopted a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to […]
Poundland owns Thameslink on Twitter spectacularly – as McDonald owns Grayling
An attempt by rail company Thameslink to defuse the anger of its passengers over poor service has backfired spectacularly and its shorthand earned it a free ‘pounding’ on social media […]