The 20 Tory rebels who actually rebelled this evening
This evening, the government lost its attempt to defeat an amendment to its finance bill to force it to ask Parliament for permission for spending on any preparations for a […]
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Breaking: NI ‘failsafe’ to create Irish Sea border if ‘backstop’ trade talks fail
Details emerging from parliamentary sources about May’s ‘draft’ Brexit deal – which is already causing ructions among the Tory right and the DUP: the so-called ‘backstop’ will keep the whole […]
Fifteen right-wing Labour ‘moderates’ hold the key to May’s future
Yesterday, the SKWAWKBOX predicted a busy week for the government – and for Labour politicians and supporters – as Brexit negotiations come to a conclusion. Based on conversations with insiders […]
Four Labour MPs who didn’t support Labour’s tax rise for the richest 5% last week
In the votes on Philip Hammond’s budget last week, the Establishment media chose to focus on twenty ‘moderate’ MPs whose decision to vote against a planned rise in tax thresholds […]
Breaking: 20 Labour MPs set to ignore Labour voters and rebel on tax threshold
Twenty or so Labour MPs look set to break the party whip by voting against the increases to tax thresholds contained in Philip Hammond’s budget. Labour plans to abstain on […]
How May survived 1922 committee meeting – and what may follow
Theresa May faced a meeting with the Tories’ ‘1922 committee’ this evening – the body that by tradition makes and discards Tory leaders. Even though some political commentators had touted […]
Hoey’s CLP unanimously passes no-confidence motion
Kate Hoey was one of four right-wing Labour MPs last week whose decision to vote with the government on a key EU trade bill almost certainly saved Theresa May and […]
Cowardly May daren’t even follow through on attempt to flee Parliament early
After her humiliating surrender to her extremist Brexiteers yesterday, in which she whipped her MPs to defeat her own proposals, Theresa May tried to pull a dodge to allow her to […]
The 4 Labour MPs who ‘just saved Theresa May’
Theresa May survived a serious threat this evening when an amendment to the government’s trade bill was defeated by 307 votes to 301. The amendment, tabled by Tory remainers livid […]
Video: Bercow exposes May’s double cowardice in response to point of order
The SKWAWKBOX last night covered Theresa May’s extraordinary, even unprecedented, weakness and cowardice when she not only whipped Tory MPs to defeat her own Brexit proposals to placate ‘extreme-Brexit Ultras’ […]