. It is understood that others were invited to join the group, including Paula Barker, Beth Winter, Nav Mishra and Rachel Hopkins, but ultimately they did not become members and are not currently involved. To support the SKWAWKBOX and raise awareness of the independent Left media, visit our store for T-shirts, hoodies and more. [46], As part of his campaign John McDonnell published his manifesto as a book entitled Another World Is Possible: A Manifesto for 21st Century Socialism.[47]. [52] Ed Miliband went on to win the leadership election. 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. This sowed the seeds for a split in the left between a "soft left" supportive of Foot's leadership and a dissenting "hard left" organised principally around Benn. A younf Socialist female bame leader would be the lightening rod for progressives across the country 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. [9] Members of the Socialist Campaign Group also led a "direct action protest" in the House of Commons by refusing to sit down in order to force a debate on the strike. Sam Green is a Labour Party member, mental health campaigner and co-secretary of Labour Against Racism and Fascism. I dont think so. [2], Both John McDonnell, then Chair of the Campaign Group, and Michael Meacher, a member of the Campaign Group, sought nominations to run against Gordon Brown. 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. John McDonnell is the MP for Hayes and Harlington, and former Shadow Chancellor. Police (Fraud Squad) involved. IT problems? pic.twitter.com/qhuovdGVSI, Socialist Campaign Group (@socialistcam) November 4, 2020, Diane Abbott MP [5], The Campaign Group subsequently organised itself around opposition to the direction the party took under the leadership of Kinnock and his successors. "[26], With Tory support, the reforms were eventually passed by 422 to 98 votes. As we can all see thats been a rip-roaring success. Then renaged coz Starmer threatened them. Margaret Beckett described this change as "unprecedented". [36], Bernie Grant sought nominations as the Campaign Group candidate for Deputy Leader. However, they did not respond when asked to confirm explicitly to confirm that this meant there was no intention ever to leave the SCG and to clarify who would be considered qualified to join, there was no response. Rupa Huq has had the Labour whip restored following her suspension from the party after she described then, This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. with Corbyn as honorary President would be a more exciting development. It would be accurate, at least. This session will also be live on TWTtv - sign up here, for free. Richard Burgon is the Labour Party MP for Leeds East and member of the Socialist Campaign Group. To avoid this party officials changed the rules mid-contest, at the suggestion of Gould, to allow MPs who had already nominated a candidate to withdraw and support another instead. Can it not be more? is suspicious. 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. The party now has six weeks until December 10th to produce an action plan to the EHRC in response to the findings and recommendations. She was sacked from Cabinet the following year. Jon Trickett MP [17], Alan Simpson, a member of the Campaign Group during the New Labour years, described it as "the only bolt-hole of real political thought that I found throughout my parliamentary years they were the MPs you would always find on picket lines, at trade union and social movement rallies, on anti-war marches and at the forefront of campaigns to restore rather than exploit the planet. This would be one more step in Starmers plan to make Labour safe for the socially regressive those Tories he thinks he needs to persuade to vote Labour in order to win a general election. He told The Times newspaper "I am here today because thousands of people who elected me just cannot afford to pay. It got posted on the next report too. If you care share. 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. Labour MP for Streatham. A coalition of left-wing MPs, unions and Labour members are calling on Keir Starmer to hold an emergency party conference, HuffPost UK has learned. The Knights Who Say Kni? Three candidates sought nominations: John Smith, the favourite, regarded as being "from the right" of the party, Bryan Gould, from the "centre-left" and Ken Livingstone, the Campaign Group candidate. Our own Squad. 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. [67] Campaign Group members Rebecca Long-Bailey and Richard Burgon ran for leader and deputy leader of the Labour Party respectively. Since then, three (3) more similarly robust US Government funded studies (Bashash, 2018, Green, 2019 and Till 2020) have been published. to get rid of Starmer I would not blame them for hiding their and it is a brilliant film definitely to be recommended! [36] Benn secured only 11.4% of the vote (17.2% of MPs, 19.6% of CLPs and 0.2% of affiliated unions). SKWAWKBOX needs your help. The right of everyone to receive an income sufficient to maintain a decent standard of living. [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. Christine Blower Do you remember when she made her base dance, after voting for a bill furthering their exploration. I cant help but feel that first year operating costs of 133,000 could be better spent in the fight for socialism. I can tell you what Madelson should do. Rachel Hopkins 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. "[16], Blair's strategist Peter Mandelson reportedly described wanting the parliamentary left to become a sealed tomb. The vote was called in November after Costas hard-left former Communist and Left Bloc allies joined the right in striking down his minority governments budget. This would be a much more The right to life, free from fear, oppression, ignorance, preventable ill-health or poverty. The groups strategy document, of which Skwawkbox exclusively obtained a copy, makes clear that it aims to steer Keir Starmer rather than resisting or replacing him. Another re-arrangement of the 3rd class passengers deck chairs on the sinking ship I see. Really?! Kate Osborne MP Issues regularly covered included: women's liberation, Black Sections, international liberation struggles, internal Labour Party democracy and elections, reports from the National Executive Committee, proposed resolutions for Labour Party Conference, socialist economic policy, disabled people's rights, Northern Ireland and the Conservative Party. [36], Following this election the party rules were changed to quadruple the number of MPs required to nominate a candidate to launch a leadership challenge from 5% to 20% (lowered in 1993 to 12.5% for elections where the incumbent had resigned). An MPs Strategic Coordination Proposal document, obtained by Skwawkbox, says that the groups budget to March of this year will be almost 32,000, with a first year of operations costing 133,000. [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. 0s. There have been nine Labour Leadership Elections since the formation of the Socialist Campaign Group: 1983, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2020. Not only have they stitched up who will win but they have also stitched up who will lose and in what order. They are: Clive Lewis Dawn Butler Lloyd Russell Moyle Nadia Whittome Labour whip Nav Mishra Kim Johnson Rachel Maskell Rachel Hopkins Olivia Blake Shadow minister Sam Tarry Paul Sweeney MSP. All the previous criticisms of the 60 or so prior cross-sectional studies, showing lowered IQ associated with fluoride, were addressed in the Bashash 2017 study. The 2015 Leadership Election was the first held under new rules introduced by Ed Miliband following the Collins Review which recommended moving to a one-member one vote (OMOV) system. The group also envisages itself as an entirely separate legal structure: Structure:Money for this project should either: Be housed in a new legal structure, not a structure used previously Or in an MPs office. The squawking one claims: All of them Fake Left absolutely sickening! Brilliant contribution my friend, cheers. Not at all, I thought it was important enough to post it more than once. the beginning of PMQ. Talk about fiddling while the party burns.. Among its planned funding streams are a levy of 1,000 per MP to be taken from their training budgets and contributions from. The statement referred to the views of the leaders of seven trade unions, in which the heads of the Labour-affiliated organisations expressed serious concerns about the manner of and rationale for suspension of the former party leader. [19] Backbench Labour MPs, led by the Campaign Group, opposed these plans, speaking and voting against them in Parliament. Is not Starmer doing both with HQ staff? Just reading a cracking book, Why We Cant Afford The Rich by Andrew Sayer. Seems to be a gang of soft left MPs going through very expensive PR exercise for themselves. So glad I am not a member or someone daft enough to be sucked in my these tossers #WeNeedANewParty. [74], As of 2008 the editorial board was Jim Mortimer (chair), Diane Abbott MP, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Anni Marjoram, Bill Michie MP and Pete Willsman. https://endfrozenpensions.org/ Christine Blower [25], 14 Campaign Group MPs, working with other Labour backbenchers, sought to block the plans by proposing an alternative plan for education. Delusional is a serious mental illness and shouldnt be funded by sane people when this lot will be unemployed in eighteen months time.. Scroll to top These schools would, like academies, determine their own curriculum and ethos, appoint the governing body, control their own assets, employ their own staff and set their own admissions policy. [35] Following this defeat Kinnock introduced a Policy Review, which many on the left thought would lead to an abandonment of the party's commitment to Clause IV, public ownership and the transformation of society. Socialist Campaign Group Rally 1,606 views Streamed live on Sep 21, 2020 111 Dislike Share Save Arise Festival 2.15K subscribers Join members of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. London: Macmillan. Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. Grahame Morris MP ffs. 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.. "[18], Under Blair, the Labour government introduced plans to cut lone parent benefit, a measure which members of the Campaign Group believed would disproportionately harm women. Much was submitted -including some put together by JVL of Never acknowledged by a single Socialist MP on Twitter. real motives. This decision and the division it causes severely undermines efforts to unite to defeat antisemitism and fully implement the EHRC recommendations and to challenge and defeat this disastrous Conservative government. The SCG statement comes as Keir Starmer heard warnings at a meeting with Jewish community groups on Wednesday that the actions of leading figures on the left and within the trade union movement risked hindering his attempt to win back trust. More than 80,000/pa and theyre skimming money from their training budgets (which surely is meant for training) to fund this? Why would you follow AOC FGS? The right to a good home for all in which to live, bring up children and care for all dependents. Of those involved in the new group, only one appears to have publicly expressed support for Jeremy Corbyn though that one was after the result of the Labour NECs vote on whether to reinstate Corbyn to the Labour benches was already known. Holby -I like your sense of humour. It was at a meeting of the Campaign Group in June 2015 that the decision was taken that Jeremy Corbyn would contest for the leadership of the Labour Party. The result, boosted by a higher than expected turnout despite the coronavirus pandemic, comes as a surprise after the Socialists had lost most of their advantage in recent opinion polls, and means Portugal will have a stable government to oversee the application of EU pandemic recovery funds. Whats the name of this new group of 12? Ive just found this on FB. So, each Campaign Group member agreed to buy one set of bolt-cutters and donate to the Greenham Women. The right to equality of treatment under just laws, free from all discrimination based upon class, sex, race, life-style or beliefs. 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. Good luck, now let's organise! Its 17 . Absolutely right Andy. My grandfather was apprenticed to be a plumber before he joined the colours and went off to the Somme. Thanks. 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. This is either going down with a fight OR the beginning of a super, socially relevant and economically radical, a democratic socialist rebirth. Not forgetting the ubiquitous, thank you for your service, mantra. anyone care to guess if Starmer is one of them ?