Walk-out group set to be tiny as impressed old foes stick with Corbyn
In spite of the best efforts of their friends in the media to talk up their plans over the last couple of days, the SKWAWKBOX understands that the group of […]
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Centrist Leslie’s unannounced ‘supermarket surgeries’ – with no mention of Labour
Nottingham East MP Chris Leslie would be considered an arch-‘centrist’ by many left-wing Labour members and was recently reported by mainstream media as one of a number of so-called ‘moderate’ […]
Split appears among Labour ‘centrists’ as Kinnock condemns “people’s vote” as “divisive”
A major split among so-called ‘centrists’ has opened up this afternoon after comments by right-wing Labour MP Stephen Kinnock in which he condemned a second referendum – euphemistically referred to […]
Open selection moves closer as Unite’s Beckett voices support. You can help
While Momentum and many CLPs (constituency Labour parties) have been raising awareness and backing for open selection, Labour insiders and activists feel that Chuka Umunna’s recent statements reflect an attempt […]
Leading BAME MPs slam Umunna’s exploitation of racism
At the weekend, right-wing Labour back-bencher Chuka Umunna, perhaps rattled by the visit of his well-known and popular colleague Chris Williamson’s ‘Democracy Roadshow’ to his constituency a few days before, […]
New party plan really is a “coward’s coup”. Here it is – and a Labour response
The SKWAWKBOX warned at the weekend that the next anti-Corbyn coup was already underway – and showed yesterday that it is a ‘coup of cowardice’, with right-wing malcontents attempting to […]
Video: Cable’s non-denial of new party plans – and “I want my party at the centre of it”
The SKWAWKBOX has published information over a number of weeks showing that the long-predicted but little-anticipated formation of a new party out of disgruntled and defunct centrists was imminent. Allies […]
Centrists’ party allies resigning in preparation for split?
Two weeks ago, The SKWAWKBOX revealed exclusively the news that a right-wing Labour MP had told members at a constituency Labour party (CLP) meeting that a group of 12-20 Labour […]
Video: Johnson squirms for 2nd time in same #PMQs as Corbyn quotes him back to May
As the SKWAWKBOX showed earlier, a beetroot-faced – or possibly gammon-faced – Boris Johnson was on the receiving end of a death-stare from Theresa May as a rampant Jeremy Corbyn […]
The dangers to the left of Lansman’s decision to stand
Amid conflicting reports of voting methods, claims of democracy and a statement by Jon Lansman that seems to say that he, a man, is standing against a female candidate because […]