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Video: as UC inflicts misery on millions Rudd says, ‘it’s doing a good job’

08/01/2019by SKWAWKBOX 2 Comments

DWP Secretary Amber Rudd – who had to resign as Home Secretary for her part in the ‘hostile environment’ scandal that caused hardship and humiliation for ‘Windrush’ citizens – may […]

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Video: Blair’s damning Marr irony failure wasn’t limited to his ‘as if I’d become a Tory’ comment

26/11/2018by SKWAWKBOX 19 Comments

Comment Tony Blair has been widely pilloried and mocked for his absolute self-awareness failure during his appearance on the BBC’s Marr show on Sunday morning. Discussing Brexit, the idea of a […]

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Theresa May’s betrayal to win vote – it’s not her first offence…

17/07/2018by SKWAWKBOX 2 Comments

As the SKWAWKBOX just published, Theresa May broke a solemn promise this evening to save her skin, by having ‘paired’ MPs – who were not supposed to vote because they […]

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Professor’s powerful email rejecting May’s Windrush invitation is a must-read/share

21/06/2018by SKWAWKBOX 10 Comments

Professor Gus John is an award-winning writer, educator and campaigner, who was born in Grenada in the 1940s and moved to the UK at the age of nineteen. He received […]

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Video: #Gassama rescue spectacular – but disturbing edge to Establishment narrative

28/05/2018by SKWAWKBOX 4 Comments

Video of Malian Mamoudou Gassama’s spectacular rescue of a child dangling from an apartment balcony has rightly gone viral – and Mr Gassama has been offered citizenship and a job […]

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Excl audio: Lewisham East shortlister Claudia Webbe on what drives her to stand

18/05/2018by SKWAWKBOX 4 Comments

Earlier today, the SKWAWKBOX conducted an interview with NEC member and shortlisted applicant for Labour’s candidacy for the Lewisham East parliamentary seat vacated by Heidi Alexander’s move to the London […]

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May broke ancient protocols to defeat Windrush transparency. What was she so desperate to hide?

03/05/2018by SKWAWKBOX 17 Comments

The Tories have already created outrage and a great deal of suspicion by their decision to ‘whip’ Wednesday’s vote against Labour’s call for documents and communications about May’s racist ‘hostile […]

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Tories win vote on document release as the right betrays the Windrush generation

02/05/2018by SKWAWKBOX 28 Comments

The Tories have defeated a Labour motion for the release of all documents and communications concerning policies and actions affecting the UK’s Windrush citizens, by 316 votes to 221. Theresa […]

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Tories so scared to reveal documents, they bring 3-line whip to maintain #WindrushCoverup

02/05/2018by SKWAWKBOX 21 Comments

So far, since the General Election, the government has been so scared of losing a Labour-sponsored vote in Parliament that they have ‘whipped‘ MPs not to vote on ‘Opposition Day’ motions […]

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More pressure on May to resign – she personally vetoed NHS doctor visas

01/05/2018by SKWAWKBOX 16 Comments

Yet more pressure is piling onto Theresa May with the revelation in tonight’s Evening Standard that she personally vetoed visas for Indian doctors desperately needed by the NHS. Hospital trusts went public […]

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