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Vital video: woman on disability convinced to vote Labour by party’s belief in community spirit

24/11/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 3 Comments

Labour will also abolish cruel PIP and Work Capability Assessments Liverpool Labour candidate Ian Byrne has been devoting time to campaigning for Margaret Greenwood across the river in the marginal […]

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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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Excl: Labour will whip for GE today. 12/12 set to be D-Day

29/10/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 30 Comments

‘Mainstream’ media insisting Labour trying to avoid general election – but Labour will ‘whip’ MPs to vote for one as Corbyn re-asserts control Contrary to claims by the corporate and […]

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Murray becomes first MP triggered by affiliates – ‘consistently undermined’ party

23/10/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 28 Comments

Unite branches showed anger at ‘centrist’ MP Scottish Labour MP Ian Murray has become the first MP to be triggered, not by local Labour Party members, but by affiliate branches. […]

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Video: McDonnell and co removed any doubt about ‘soft coup’ this weekend

20/10/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 115 Comments

Last week, John McDonnell and whole Shadow Cabinet agreed that Labour’s conference decision on Brexit/referendum must be followed – while Jeremy Corbyn asked MPs to moderate language on Brexit issue […]

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Exclusive: the moment and real reason Karie Murphy lost her LOTO position

13/10/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 90 Comments

Labour Chief of Staff’s change of role – the media spin and the reality The mainstream media – heavily briefed by politicians close to John McDonnell – have constructed a […]

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Watson, McDonnell, Starmer, Thornberry ride roughshod over Labour policy. Here are MPs that might save it

13/10/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 99 Comments

‘Take-over’ reflected in sudden push of ‘referendum-first’ plan by front-benchers – riding roughshod over Labour’s agreed policy Hard on the heels of the John McDonnell-driven removal of key Corbyn staff […]

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Excl: left hopeful for seat vacated by Gapes quits contest – to swing behind RIGHT-winger

30/09/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 20 Comments

Bizarre development in Ilford South candidate race One of two left hopefuls to become Labour’s candidate in the Ilford South constituency – vacated by the departure of Mike Gapes to […]

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Conference speakers and reaction suggest Thornberry and co have badly misjudged member views on Brexit

23/09/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 23 Comments

Speeches supporting Corbyn position receiving far bigger reaction than those calling for full-remain position The overwhelming majority of speakers supporting the competing full-remain and pro-Corbyn motions being debated at Labour’s […]

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Showstopper Beckett takes on ‘car-crash’ Thornberry to demand support for Corbyn on Brexit

23/09/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 3 Comments

Unite deputy general secretary describes Thornberry’s full-remain position as a ‘car crash’ and brings house down with speech backing Corbyn on Brexit Unite’s deputy general secretary Howard Beckett has brought […]

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