[43][44], In 2007 only 24 of 353 Labour MPs were members of the Socialist Campaign Group and party rules required nominations from 45 MPs (12.5% of the Parliamentary Labour Party) to make it onto the ballot paper. Clive Lewis MP Gabbard is another one. She is a member of the far right Democratic party, a party born out of slave owners and has never from its birth ever ever! Grahame Morris MP All candidates in the Labour leadership election earlier this year pledged to implement an independent process, and this is a compulsory move following the publication of the final EHRC report on Labour antisemitism. [citation needed]. Borax is used allot in blacksmithing as well to help forge welding or joining 2 bits of usually steel especially in Damacus or pattern weald steel for knives and other sharp stabby stuff to stop oxygen messing up the weald. Corbyn had issued a response to the EHRC report into antisemitism within the Labour Party, in which he argued the scale of the [antisemitism] problem was also dramatically overstated for political reasons by our opponents. Trying to save their own necks more like. I followed her campaign. London: Macmillan. He campaigned on issues with wide popular support that had been outside of the political mainstream for many years, including rail re-nationalisation, free higher education, regional investment and a higher minimum wage. Derek James reports on the split in the Socialist Campaign Group and the prospects for the 'insider' strategy. The right to expect that any government in power will work for peace and justice, and will not provoke international conflict or hostility or divert resources from essential purposes to build up the weapons of mass destruction. Whittome has since posted on social media to say that she missed the meeting and added that she absolutely support the spirit of the statement signed on Wednesday evening by other SCG MPs. The Board of Deputies of British Jews president Marie van der Zyl welcomed Starmers withholding of the Labour whip from Corbyn and described the move as an appropriate leadership decision. Len McCluskey, leader of the Unite union, Labour's biggest financial donor, also rolled back from his more combative tone from Thursday, saying it was "a sensitive time" and people should remain. The two far left parties paid the price, losing more than a half of their seats, according to exit polls. LISBON, Jan 30 (Reuters) Defying all odds, Portugals centre-left Socialists won an outright parliamentary majority in Sundays snap general election, securing a strong new mandate for Prime Minister Antonio Costa, a champion of balanced public accounts. Ive just found this on FB. The following members resigned their membership of the Campaign Group in 1985 in a show of support for Neil Kinnock's reforms:[79], The following members resigned their membership of the Campaign Group in 1988 in protest at Tony Benn's decision to challenge Neil Kinnock for the Labour leadership that year:[80]. Jeremy Corbyn is the MP for Islington North and former leader of the Labour Party. Oh and you can add Sam Tarry from the above list. Thats a sign of a lightweight. ", "The BBC's obsession with balance took Labour off-air during the referendum campaign", "Media coverage of the EU Referendum (report 5)", "Labour crisis: how the coup against Jeremy Corbyn gathered pace", "Labour MPs prepare for leadership contest after Corbyn loses confidence vote", "Corbyn re-elected as Labour leader with bigger landslide than last year", "Socialist Campaign Group has reformed for 20192024. They signed StopTheWar letter. Peter Barberis, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley. Momentum accused Starmer of making it up as he goes along while being farcical and incompetent, with the co-chair Andrew Scattergood saying: They cant remove the whip from our movement.. [48] Abbott secured the necessary 33 nominations after being 'lent' nominations from a number of MPs who were not supporting her campaign but wanted to ensure that the contest was not exclusively white and male. True enough. My grandfather was apprenticed to be a plumber before he joined the colours and went off to the Somme. To be fair the victims were remembered in Parliament at ..I know that my comment is negative,but really another faction who only make it easier for the fascist Labour leader to divide and rule.I know one of that group personally and drove round in a car with him trying and succeeding in getting him elected.The aims are to be applauded and I realise that good jobs are hard to come by but another so called socialist group who want to survive and left it far too late to recieve former members backing.Sincere maybe but as one commentator said just moving around the deck chairs on the Titanic Build from the ground up this is just example of trying to plug a hole in a sinking ship too too late. Portugals PM Costa stuns with majority win in snap election Hopefully on the right side of history. Build bridges with Starmer, secure their careers as Labour MPs as the real left is driven out. 47 Labour MPs voted against the proposals including Campaign Group members Ken Livingstone, Ronnie Campbell, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn, Ann Cryer, Alan Simpson, John McDonnell, Dennis Skinner, Audrey Wise, and Diane Abbott. With prices rising every year Ill be lucky to live the rest of my retirement in dignity. And the group sees its identity as new left, presumably to separate itself from the old left of union activism and a focus on the working class: Who are we? A group of 11 new left MPs and an MSP. In order to be part of the organising space for decision making in phase one you mustagree to the principles above and make a monetary contribution towards its organisation. All of them Fake Left absolutely sickening! Just saying !! I wont give up. However, this time rather than a new 'rank and file' initiative, it seems that a group of 11 Campaign Group MPs and one member of the Scottish parliament are forming a new parliamentary caucus. Fantasy politics : A new party led by Howard Beckett(?) [9] Socialist Campaign Group MPs made up a significant number of these including Tony Benn, who gave his full support to the campaign and spoke at the 200,000 strong anti-Poll Tax demonstration in Trafalgar Square,[11] and Jeremy Corbyn who appeared at Highbury Magistrates' Court in 1991 for not paying his poll tax bill of 481. Fake left remainers. Is this: Time will tell. Do you remember when she made her base dance, after voting for a bill furthering their exploration. Among its planned funding streams are a levy of 1,000 per MP to be taken from their training budgets and contributions from Our preference is likely for a new legal structure if Lloyd is able to administer but wed likeopinions on this. Corbyn spoke at 15 rallies from London to Hastings to Aberdeen, reached more than 10 million people with his Remain messages on social media, made six statements in the Commons and put forward Remain arguments during interviews on Sky, BBC, ITV and Channel 4. He wrote: Thanks to the intervention of one man who could have avoided his inevitable suspension for denialism and questioning the reports legally enforceable findings, we are discussing him and not the impact on us.. Thanks. Its 17 . And all they have is their heads but they say We wont nut you as a tiny minority we will try to persuade you hmm. Can I ask you why you think hes a Socialist? Kate Osamor MP anyone care to guess if Starmer is one of them ? Diane Abbott is the Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington. Labour MP for Streatham. In one hilarious meeting [of the Socialist Campaign Group], the Greenham [Common] Women addressed us. Kudos for that. They will not rest until the Labour Party has been purged of all traces of socialism. when he was really quite another. [36], Neil Kinnock resigned just three days after he lost his second General Election, and tried to persuade candidates other than John Smith to stand aside so as to avoid a contest. Tony Greenstein started this petition to Socialist Campaign Group of MPs. Liberals, set up liberal thing. No one can speak on behalf of the whole group on that basis We are backbenchers and frontbenchers and believe in the power of insider and outsiderstrategies in the Labour Party and will have MPs pushing both within the group. However, three (3) of the five cited footnoted references [21, 23 & 24], claiming that the evidence does not support the US-funded Bashash 2017 and Green 2019 studies, were published before 2017 and thus it is absurd to use them to dismiss such important findings. [38], Labour's electoral college was weighted 40% to affiliated unions, 30% to Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) and 30% to MPs in the Parliamentary Labour Party. Zarah Sultana MP a new structure and I wouldnt blame anyone Mr Loach announced his exclusion from the party through Twitter on Saturday. Absolutely right Andy. So glad I am not a member or someone daft enough to be sucked in my these tossers #WeNeedANewParty. [36] The scale of this defeat was a surprise to Benn, in particular the decline in support from CLPs since the 1983 election, and strengthened Kinnock's position, which he used to take the party further towards centrism. In January 2020, the Socialist Campaign Group was reformed. John McDonnell, then Chair of the Socialist Campaign Group, argued "Our sincere hope is that the prime minister desists from relying upon a [David] Cameron coalition to force his education policies through in the face of this overwhelming opposition within the parliamentary Labour party. The right to equality of treatment under just laws, free from all discrimination based upon class, sex, race, life-style or beliefs. worth while job than fining a few members of the govt when I think that the most worrying thing about this initiative is lack of understanding displayed by the signatories as to the nature of the Starmer-Evans leadership. Only kidding. By George Eaton LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 14: John McDonnell MP addresses striking workers at a rally near at Heathrow Airport on December 14, 2020 in London, England. Pauline Bryan, By clicking subscribe you confirm you have read and agree to our privacy policy. Our own Squad. Our dedicated coverage of Labour's policies and personalities, internal debates, selections and elections relies on donations from our readers. They are only copying their leader after all [53] The Blairite wing of the Labour Party (including Blair himself) celebrated this reform, believing that the changes would mean that "the next Labour leader will be a Blairite". Well, they seem to be anticipating some funding already, bank account? I have tried highlighting the injustice of the 550,000 British overseas pensioners who have been shafted by successive governments. Really interesting, thank you Joseph. Howls of laughter ensue. Something I am in full agreement with you is, Labour fake left SOG AKA The Squad! A Labour spokesperson subsequently announced that Corbyn had been suspended, and the Parliamentary Labour Party whip removed from the Labour MP, in light of his comments made today and his failure to retract them. Obviously not the ones paid a 600,000 bonus for screwing Corbyn. So, each Campaign Group member agreed to buy one set of bolt-cutters and donate to the Greenham Women. Blair ally Patricia Hewitt was alleged to have described the rebellion as a "conspiracy organised by the Socialist Campaign Group"[20]. Ive warned about this for decades, ever since Blair let his idea out during the 9 lead pipe and wiped moleskin soldered joints using tallow and plumbers black we moved into copper and soldered \brazed joints and active flux.Five years Apprenticeship and then further studys in just what our water supplies including the notorious flouride and now Graffine..Somebody needs to do somthing about this disgraceful attempt by unregulated private money making companys that are litterly poisoning the people.to avoid any attempt at purifying our water supplies through filtered beds of granules which from their point of veiw is expensive and Labour intensive. The EHRC report published last week found Labour responsible for three breaches of the Equality Act relating to political interference in antisemitism complaints; failure to provide adequate training to those handling them; and harassment. Not forgetting the ubiquitous, thank you for your service, mantra. Good luck, now let's organise! It was formed in December 1982 following the 1981 Labour Party deputy leadership election when a number of soft left MPs, led by Neil Kinnock, refused to back Tony Benn's campaign, leading a number of left-wing Benn-supporting MPs to split from the Tribune Group to form the Socialist Campaign Group.[1]. In a document shared following a meeting of the group on Wednesday evening, the left Labour MPs urged members dismayed by the suspension to stay and fight for his reinstatement and for the policies for the many not the few. Some activists have been campaigning for this to end for over 20 years. Why dont you rename your self as the liberal box? Not only have they stitched up who will win but they have also stitched up who will lose and in what order. and it is a brilliant film definitely to be recommended! with Corbyn as honorary President would be a more exciting development. Another re-arrangement of the 3rd class passengers deck chairs on the sinking ship I see. that the group hopes to persuade to part with cash to achieve an alliance between GND [green new deal] and new/progressive economics. JLM national secretary Peter Mason argued in a piece for LabourList yesterday that the EHRC report was supposed to offer us some closure on antisemitism, but that it doesnt appear to be arriving anytime soon. https://unitealliance.org/unite-the-union-submission-to-the-forde-inquiry/. [55] Immediately following his success in getting on the ballot Corbyn attended a protest against the treatment of women detained at Yarls Wood Detention Centre and against the 13-year detention by the US of British resident Shaker Aamer in Guantanamo Bay without charge. Everything changed in 2015. To support the SKWAWKBOX and raise awareness of the independent Left media, visit our store for T-shirts, hoodies and more. Nadia is the Labour MP for Nottingham East, and a former care worker. Their trajectory is obvious, theres no need to wait and see. The document describes the group as a space for organising but denies that it will be a central identity, despite the new and presumably centralised legal structure for handling its funds but its Principles of organising together again emphasise that it intends to play a part in Keir Starmers front bench team: We are pushing the Labour leadership to do better on its economic approach and socialand environmental justice issues Individual MPs step forward to push particular issues together and not everyone willwork on everything Were not setting up a central identity, just an organising space for collaboration andplanning action. Zarah Sultana MP Thanks for your solidarity so SKWAWKBOX can keep doing its job. He doesnt care coz hes well minted and it doesnt affect his life. Socialist Campaign Group MPs John McDonnell and Diane Abbott both sought nominations to run; however, McDonnell withdrew from the race after it became clear he would not receive sufficient nominations, and instead supported Abbott to give her the best chance of making it onto the ballot. [49] It has been suggested that this practice of lending nominations to left candidate to widen the scope of debate "set a precedent" for Jeremy Corbyn's run for Leadership in 2015. Mary Foy MP Socialist Campaign Group Page Socialist Campaign Group Page Newsletter 3 - July 2020 Building Back Better In our latest newsletter, members of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs look at how the Left must respond to the public health and economic crisis and call for solidarity with Palestine. He should be reinstated as soon as possible so we can focus on implementing the EHRC recommendations., Statement following tonights meeting of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. For 14 years Gaza has been under siege. Temporary commission in the military as an officer , Lets see what they deliver from their wish list. Starmer attended the talks with reps from the Board of Deputies, the Jewish Labour Movement, the Jewish Leadership Council and the Community Security Trust alongside deputy leader Angela Rayner and general secretary David Evans. One member of the group told Skwawkbox that setting it up did not constitute a split of the the existing left MPs group, but did not respond when asked to confirm that this meant there was no intention to leave the SCG. In 2010 nominations from 33 MPs (12.5% of the Parliamentary Labour Party) were required to make it onto the ballot paper. Beckett's campaign was supported due to her position that Tory anti-union laws should be repealed and that anti-union changes to the party constitution should stop. Speaking as a grass-roots socialist and trade unionist : Corbyn was reinstated as a party member by a panel of five Labour national executive committee (NEC) members on Tuesday, after being suspended from the party by general secretary David Evans in October. Paul Smith the science and The Science (that supports the shamful, harmful and pathogenically dangerous Covid Narrative) are two very different things. Grahame Morris MP Starmer is not for turning, so what do they have in their armoury to force him too? The Knights Who Say Kni? As our binary message then you cannot fail with Red or Tory, The politics in this country are well and truly fucked up, Im really not keen on some of my bedfellows, its time to get back to some kind of normality Take AOC. News, politics, insights, inside information from the left. However, the evidence does not support this and various authoritative expert evaluations from different international organisations all agree that there is no convincing evidence that fluoride in drinking water at levels used in fluoridation schemes or at concentrations below the regulatory drinking water limit is harmful to general health.. [28][29] It supported Rebecca Long-Bailey for Leader and Richard Burgon for Deputy Leader in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, which was won by Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner, respectively.