Thirty ministers tour as ‘stealth general election’ campaign ramps up
The Tories have thirty ministers touring the country ‘to sell Theresa May’s deal’. Right. Remember, the public has no say on her deal next week – its fate will be decided by […]
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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 […]
Excl: Enfield Southgate CLP motion of no confidence in controversial council leader Caliskan
The SKWAWKBOX has carried a series of exclusives on the Enfield council selections scandal, where Council leader Nesil Caliskan has been at the centre of an investigation by the Labour Party’s National […]
Excl: Labour HQ preparing fast-track selections plan for new snap general election
When Theresa May called her fateful ‘snap general election’ in April last year, Labour members were robbed of the opportunity to change their MP or candidate that the party’s rules […]
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 […]
Ealing LCF condemns council leader’s ‘blatant disregard for rules’ – full statement
Last weekend the SKWAWKBOX reported the outrage of Labour members and officials in Ealing at the extraordinary actions of Ealing council leader Julian Bell in personally signing a call for […]
W Mids Labour staffer who ‘rigged’ candidate interview still in place for selections
Evidence obtained by the SKWAWKBOX showing the ‘rigging’ of a council candidate’s interview illustrates the extent to which Labour’s previous administration in the West Midlands was in thrall to some […]
Ealing council leader censured by Labour campaign body for by-election call
Ealing council leader Julian Bell has long faced unrest from many of his councillors, narrowly defeating a leadership challenge in May over his housing arrangements. Arrangements for the selection of […]
Wavertree members: ‘Lansman offered to mediate to persuade us to keep Luciana’
Liverpool Wavertree MP Luciana Berger was again involved in controversy recently when the right-wing press claimed that she was in danger from Labour members had to be accompanied by a […]
Breaking: Grassroots Black Left endorses JVL’s NCC candidate, attacks Momentum
Grassroots Black Left (GBL), which entered the political arena last autumn at a parliamentary launch featuring Labour MPs Clive Lewis and Chris Williamson and is affiliated to CLPD (Campaign for […]