SKWAWKBOX update – a strong start to 2018
The SKWAWKBOX’s 2017 round-up listed some of the significant impacts this blog had on the political narrative and landscape last year. The blog has made a strong start to 2018, […]
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Tory Twitter fail – Conservatives claim Australian LABOUR MP helping them campaign
The Tories’ struggles with social media are well known, from the crash-and-burn of the ill-starred ‘Tory Momentum’ Activate account, to their congratulations to the wrong minister during last week’s excuse […]
Labour’s reshuffle – the new appointments
Yesterday, the SKWAWKBOX was the only media outlet to flag that a Labour reshuffle was imminent. Today, Labour has announced the following appointments by Jeremy Corbyn to his front bench: […]
Excl: Labour reshuffle on cards
Following – and possibly accelerated by – the resignation of Chris Williamson from the Labour front bench today, a senior Labour source has told the SKWAWKBOX that opposition leader Jeremy […]
May’s new housing minister voted AGAINST making homes fit to live in
You’d think Theresa May would learn. Well, maybe you wouldn’t. But after the embarrassment of appointing Toby ‘toadmeister’ Young to the board of the new universities regulator, only to see […]
May’s McVey appointment is a huge f-you to disabled people
Monday’s ‘reshuffle’ of Theresa May’s cabinet was largely a non-event, with none of the ‘big beasts’ moved and Jeremy Hunt keeping his job by – allegedly – crying about it. […]
Not a single new black or ethnic face in May’s Cabinet – and hardly any women
Theresa May’s reshuffle today was largely a coin-toss between non-event and comedy – or perhaps tragic-comedy, given Jeremy Hunt’s alleged tears and May’s capitulation to him and other ministers who […]
Hunt’s tearful plea for his job humiliates him and May, bodes ill for vulnerable
Comment Jeremy Hunt spent some 115 minutes closeted with Theresa May today. According to media sources such as Laura Kuenssberg, May intended to sack him and he ‘argued passionately’ for […]
Video: Corbyn on the brain – Tory MP names Labour leader as Health Sec on live TV
Comment section Ever since the General Election, the Tories have been obsessed with Jeremy Corbyn, sometimes quite openly. A right-wing think-tank even published an article titled “All that matters now […]
#CabinetOfChaos infects even Tory Twitter account
Comment As the procession of grey non-entities to and from number 10 continues – May is expected only to move middle-ranking ministers around and promote a few to fill gaps […]