Labour’s response to May’s ‘end’ to austerity: a brutal con
Labour has responded to Theresa May’s conference claim that she is going to bring an end to austerity, with a withering retort from straight-talking MP and party chair Ian Lavery. […]
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Told you so: Labour right tried to sabotage GE2017 – it’s their fault we’re suffering Tory govt
In the wake of Labour’s not-really-a-shock surge in last year’s 2017 general election, the SKWAWKBOX revealed that staff at Labour’s ‘Southside’ HQ were so confident in their predictions of electoral […]
Important: Keep our St Helier Hospital/NHS70 march this Saturday
The ‘Keep our St Helier Hospital’ (KOSHH) campaign has been fighting hard to prevent the planned closure and/or downgrading of one or both of Sutton’s hospitals. In recent months the […]
Video: Dowden testimony shows Johnson’s fire cuts worsened Grenfell. Johnson: ‘Get Stuffed’
London Fire Brigade’s ‘Incident Commander’ Michael Dowden has received huge support on social media after receiving a brutal grilling during the Grenfell inquiry yesterday, in what many feared might turn […]
The perfect chant to kick off Saturday’s #NHS70 march
As most SKWAWKBOX readers will be aware, cynical centrists chanted during last Saturday’s “People’s Vote” march “Where’s Jeremy Corbyn”. Corbyn was in Jordan, visiting refugee camps for World Refugee Day […]
Vid: Green lets slip what May won’t admit – Tories to raise ALL taxes to pay for their NHS incompetence
Disgraced ex-Cabinet minister Damian Green appeared on the BBC’s Question Time last night and gave away more than he was probably meant to. Theresa May – and her chancellor Philip […]
Guest post pt 2: understanding Labour heartlands, winning back UKIP vote
In a follow-up to his first hard-hitting guest post, South Yorkshire teacher, Labour voter and trade union activist Andy Searson moves from analysis of the working-class Brexit vote and why […]
Tories to RETRY bill to make you pay for your NHS Fri 15 June
As the SKWAWKBOX covered on Friday, Tory MPs made an attempt to pass a bill yesterday to allow NHS patients to be charged for their treatment – a move described […]
“Can we exchange this pr**k for #Hawking?” #Hunt dismantled by Twitter for crass ‘tribute’
Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt provoked outrage and derision last year with his attempt to cast Professor Stephen Hawking – a man the intellectual superior of almost everyone […]
NHS rationing endemic in England
As attention has focused on the NHS winter crisis, the media has rarely pointed out that the health service in England is in year-round crisis. The chart below shows the […]