Report of today’s NEC outcomes
While the mainstream media have been running speculation and rumours for their own political agendas, the SKWAWKBOX has held off until facts and decisions could be reported. Below is an […]
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FBU’s Matt Wrack speaks out in support of ‘Open Selection’
In June, as the SKWAWKBOX reported, the FBU (Fire Brigades Union) annual conference voted strongly in favour of mandatory reselection, often called ‘open selection’. Now FBU head Matt Wrack has […]
Rewriting history: Sky News just ‘forgot’ the 2016 ‘coup’, claims NO leadership challenge
Sky News just performed a remarkable piece of retroactive historical surgery in an article about Jeremy Corbyn’s supposed refusal – in reality, Labour rules do not give him the power […]
Right’s ‘outrage’ over vexatious claim penalty gives away their real agenda
The ‘Red Roar’, more commonly referred to among Labour members as the ‘Blue Squeak’ has been attempting to whip up outrage about the idea that a penalty for vexatious or […]
FBU conference unanimously endorses mandatory reselection
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) unanimously passed a resolution calling for mandatory reselection (MR) – whereby all Labour MPs will need to have their selection reconfirmed before each general election […]
Labour Code+ and IHRA examples – more detail of proposals
As the SKWAWKBOX published last week, the voting arithmetic on Labour’s National Executive (NEC) means that the full list of IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) examples will be incorporated into […]
Obscure NEC rule could delay IHRA debate – and play decisive role in Labour democratisation
As the SKWAWKBOX showed earlier this week, Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) is essentially certain to vote the remaining IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Association) ‘working definition examples’ of possible antisemitic […]
Labour Code+ and IHRA – the caveats already in place and what else is needed
As the SKWAWKBOX published last night, the voting balance on Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) is such that it is effectively certain that the 4 September NEC meeting will vote […]
R-wing blood running cold as Sandwell meeting cancelled by NEC ‘exceptional circs’ rule
In the early hours of this morning, the SKWAWKBOX described the chaos infecting the Labour right in its heartland of Sandwell borough in the West Midlands. That chaos had been manifested […]
Video: BBC DP’s biased notes for Labour democracy interview?
Left-wing commentator Ellie-Mae O’Hagan appeared on today’s edition of the BBC’s Daily Politics programme to discuss Labour’s possible new rules for the democratisation of the party. These have already been screamingly […]