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Excl video: Johnson despises the working-class. But here is 1980s Corbyn speaking out for the miners

05/12/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 11 Comments

Labour leader’s unbroken history of solidarity with working-class communities stretches back decades The Tories still hope to pick up votes and seats in working-class communities next week, in spite of […]

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Video: working-class foodbank activists describe hardship and shame they see inflicted on poor and vulnerable

05/12/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 23 Comments

Proud but desperate families pushed to the brink are relying on all of us to vote for change The working-class founders of the Fans Supporting Foodbanks (FSF) initiative spoke to […]

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Excl: BBC cancels last night’s Panorama Universal Credit broadcast that would have exposed Tory cruelty

03/12/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 27 Comments

Cancellation of scheduled investigation into UC 10 days before GE vote is appalling display of Establishment bias Seemingly unremarked by anyone, the BBC changed its schedule yesterday – in a […]

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‘Alexa, write me a manifesto’: GMB’s brilliant new video nails Johnson’s political and moral vacuum

22/11/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 23 Comments

Superb general election video by Labour union exposes Johnson ahead of Tory manifesto publication A brilliant campaign video just issued by the GMB union paints to perfection the walking moral […]

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If voters see this video the Tories are finished – so why did BBC just delete it?

21/11/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 17 Comments

Home Secretary Priti Patel blames everyone for poverty except government in damning video – so why has the BBC deleted it this morning? In one of the most appalling Tory […]

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Video: Johnson implodes on BBC when asked why voters should relate to him

15/11/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 10 Comments

Naga Munchetty skewers Tory PM with simple question. Johnson’s answer? Because my parents gave me lots of opportunities Boris Johnson imploded live on the BBC this morning when presenter Naga […]

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Video: Labour’s Trickett – “NHS is best of Britain, Tories running it into ground – what kind of country is it?”

01/11/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 12 Comments

Labour front-bencher takes on Tories and shows why staff, patients and public so angry Labour front-bencher Jon Trickett gave television viewers this morning a harrowing account of the consequences of […]

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Video: Tory MPs mock Corbyn’s Grenfell tie – even after May warns them off

30/10/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 7 Comments

Ex-PM tells jeering Tories to back off. It makes no difference Tory MPs loudly mocked Jeremy Corbyn for wearing a green tie during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) today, jeering as […]

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Breaking: December GE is on

29/10/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 21 Comments

MPs vote to hold general election 12 Dec A general election will be held 12 December after MPs voted by 438 to 20 for the election bill. Labour whipped its […]

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Labour tactics pay off as Johnson blunders into GE ‘trap’

29/10/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 34 Comments

Johnson gifts Labour ‘Dickensian’ narrative. December election history Labour insiders are quietly happy that Boris Johnson has blundered into gifting Labour an ideal environment for a general election, as news […]

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