Last week, political history was made in the West Midlands. Simon Foster, a relative political novice from Labour’s radical Left defeated Mike O’Brien, the candidate backed by the traditional Blairite […]
The SKWAWKBOX understands that left-winger Simon Foster has been selected by Labour members as the party’s candidate to fight next year’s election of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner […]
Letter sent to Labour’s general secretary and deputy leader – with very difference content Labour’s West Midlands regional board voted unanimously last week to send a letter of support to […]
Labour’s unpopular deputy leader Tom Watson is facing a vote of West Bromwich East Labour members on Tuesday evening to decide whether he should be ‘triggered‘ – should face a […]
Deakin’s attempt to pre-empt this article did not deny membership of Green party during 2015 Labour leadership election A right-wing Labour councillor with a track record of attacks on the […]
Former Sandwell assistant CEO drops out to help unify left vote Melanie Dudley, the former assistant chief executive of Sandwell Council, who blew the whistle on the behaviour of allies […]
Mocking hashtag leads UK social media as Johnson’s disastrous ‘Maybot2’ inaugural tour continues Unelected new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has trended in top spot today – for reasons he’ll be […]
Pattern of regional roles as fall-back needs to end Mike O’Brien is a former Labour MP and front-bencher under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown who consistently voted for the Iraq […]
New PM’s reception in second city even more dire than May’s ‘tumbleweed’ visit – but Birmingham’s reaction to Corbyn far different New Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the UK’s second […]
Latest resignation raises further questions In the last few minutes, Sandwell council’s deputy leader Syeda Khatun has resigned for unspecified ‘unforeseen personal reasons’. An email circulated to staff reads: SKWAWKBOX […]