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Starmer restores Labour whip to McDonnell, Begum

Keir Starmer has restored the Labour whip to former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and Poplar and Limehouse MP Apsana Begum, presumably part of some desperate attempt to curry favour with a Labour left on which Starmer has waged a relentless war since he lied his way into the party leade...

Streeting commits to integrated care boards

As Skwawkbox has exposed at length, Health Secretary Wes Streeting and his boss Keir Starmer have fully committed to the ‘integrated care’ programme for the NHS. The programme is an infuriating copy of US ‘Accountable Care Organisations’ (ACO), that means closed hospitals and rationed trea...

Your Party possible grassroots organising in Enfield

After witnessing “huge positivity and hope for the future” at a local Your Party public meeting last week, independent organiser Khalid Sadur says there are still questions about how things are going to work going forwards. ‘Community campaigning as the bedrock of the new political party’ ...

Starmer hits panic button of ID cards

This morning, 26 September, PM Keir Starmer announced the new, but long-threatened, ‘Brit cards’. This is a compulsory digital ID card that will be necessary in order to work in the UK or rent a home. The government claims that this is a measure against illegal immigration, tying it to rhe...

Kneecap escape terrorism charges

A judge at Woolwich Crown Court has today dismissed charges against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh – better known by his Kneecap stage name Mo Chara. The move comes after technical failures in how the prosecution brought the case forward. The matter was in relation to the alleged brandishing of a flag...