Monthly Archives: March 2022

Labour parliamentary staff swing left after two years of attrition by Starmer-Evans axis

Left slate scores big win in Unite parliamentary branch annual election Labour parliamentary staff have given an overwhelming mandate to left-wingers at the Unite parliamentary branch annual general meeting today – no doubt a reaction to two years of attritional … Continue reading

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Ministers accused of using public funds for ‘Tory propaganda’ ads. Are they lies too?

‘Levelling Up’ Ministers have been accused of using more than £100,000 of public money to flood local newspapers and Facebook with “Tory propaganda”, weeks before the local elections. The Tory government has funded Facebook adverts promoting ‘levelling up’ spending in … Continue reading

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Rise In Energy Costs Will Cost Lives. It’s Time For Action.

No more. I’m fucking done. The horror stories I’ve heard over the years about people desperately trying to survive under this Tory government have angered me to the point of boiling over. My inbox is full, my Twitter feed is … Continue reading

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British Gas website offline on day readings have to be submitted to avoid overcharging

Company claims technical issue and says it has texted customers with other means of submitting readings Money expert Martin Lewis and others have warned householders that they need to submit meter readings to their energy provider today, to ensure that … Continue reading

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Sunak says everyone knew Brexit would make us poorer. Did you?

Is this the blunder that ends Rishi Sunak’s career? He has told the House of Commons Treasury Committee that everybody knew Brexit would make the UK poorer when they voted for it in 2016. Do you think that is true? … Continue reading

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Momentum founder Lansman faces expulsion under new proscriptions

Lansman spoke at AWL event but doesn’t qualify for exemption designed to protect right-winger Momentum founder Jon Lansman faces expulsion from the party under new rules being railroaded through by the Labour right at today’s meeting of the party’s national … Continue reading

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Breaking: Lebedev releases text of Starmer’s congratulations for peerage

To use Starmer’s own words, he now ‘has questions to answer’ Keir Starmer’s attempt to put Boris Johnson on the hook over the peerage given to Russian tycoon Evgeny Lebedev has blown up in his face today after Lebedev released … Continue reading

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Exclusive: Angela Eagle’s wife faces expulsion under Starmer’s new proscriptions

RIght-wing Labour MP Angela EagleEarlier today, Skwawkbox revealed how the Labour right’s new proscription rules kicking out members for old associations with newly-banned groups had been specially written to let right-wingers such as Labour First’s Luke Akehurst off the hook … Continue reading

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Partygate: Of course Simon Case has been questioned by police – there was a party in the Cabinet Office

The big question here isn’t why Cabinet Secretary Simon Case has been questioned by police about lockdown-busting Downing Street parties – it’s why anyone would think he would not be. Case was originally chosen by Boris Johnson to investigate the events, … Continue reading

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Emails on Biden Jr’s discarded laptop show US has funded military bio-tech facilities in Ukraine

Russian claims supported by the revelations, including email saying development of US facilities would ‘assert Ukraine’s cultural and economic independence from Russia’ Last week, the Russian government held a press conference accusing the US of building ‘bioweapon’ facilities close to … Continue reading

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