Egg on Streeting’s face as London selections to replace quitters start next week
MP had claimed no selections would take place for ‘at least 9 months’ Ilford North MP Wes Streeting claimed in an email to London Labour MPs last month that the […]
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Excl: Enfield’s new deputy leader’s assessment sheet shows he failed candidate interview
Audit uncovered several candidates failed crucial ‘panel’ interview – but were allowed to stand by LCF secretary they then elected as council leader Last week the SKWAWKBOX revealed the ‘civil […]
Birmingham council failure forces unions to go to court to resolve bin dispute
Court action begins today in the dispute between unions and Birmingham City Council over the council’s continued failure to correct its actions after Acas mediation talks break down Unite and […]
Labour appoints new London regional director
After a substantial period of acting regional directors drafted in from the north-west, the Labour Party has appointed longstanding Labour activist Hazel Flynn as its new regional director for London. […]
Astonishing accusations by Enfield council leader earn stinging response by members
An astonishing message put out – and then deleted – by Enfield’s right-wing Labour council leader has led to a stinging response by representatives of local members. Nesil Caliskan, a […]
Umunna CLP officers accused by members of anti-democratic practices
Centrist MP Chuka Umunna’s Streatham CLP (constituency Labour party) has already been at the centre of controversy, when members complained of a ‘stitch-up’ by the CLP’s right-dominated executive as it […]
Council leader Eling denies banging stick at female councillor, Chief whip refused to discuss
Sandwell council leader Steve Eling has been at the centre of long-running controversy in the West Midlands borough, including accusations of vicariously using WhatsApp to leak information to a local […]
Merseyside branch calls for selection rerun as LCF identifies multiple procedural breaches
Liscard Labour branch in the Merseyside borough of Wirral has called an emergency meeting for next Tuesday after the Local Campaign Forum (LCF) – the Labour body with oversight of […]
‘Geographical diversity’ difference between CLPD/Momentum slates = 1 London candidate?
The battle between two competing left slates – those put forward by CLPD and Momentum – for the important election of additional members of Labour’s senior disciplinary body, the National […]
Birkenhead: exclusive insight into the construction of a Mail smear
Today’s Daily Mail carries a lurid headline alleging that ‘hard’ (i.e. about in the centre if this were Scandinavia) left Labour members are ‘forcing’ so-called ‘moderates’ out of Merseyside: It’s […]