Monthly Archives: August 2017

SKWAWKBOX If you get your news from the BBC, you may well have no idea that the Tories are now being investigated for serious, multi-faceted election fraud in the recent General Election affecting no fewer than ten seats the Tories won in … Continue reading →

SKWAWKBOX Twitter account @the_awakened appears to have set a cat among pigeons with a tweet of a spreadsheet table showing his/her assessment of British journalists and their political position or bias: The table is causing a furore as agitated journalists … Continue reading →

SKWAWKBOX Sharp-eyed, quick-witted NHS supporters ‘Elle M Bee’ and friends combined opportunism with a stroke of genius to make Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s life uncomfortable – and to give a much-needed morale-boost to junior doctors and other beleaguered NHS staff. … Continue reading →

SKWAWKBOX This morning, the excellent Labour MP Laura Pidcock tweeted about the fantastic interview she gave to the SKWAWKBOX a couple of weeks ago. Happy days. Sebastian Payne, political leader writer for the Financial Times decided this was a good … Continue reading →

SKWAWKBOX The Conservatives’ Facebook page has posted a boast about an increase in the number of students from a disadvantaged background going to university. They were lying: As Facebook user Mark Attwood pointed out, the claim was grossly misleading – … Continue reading →

SKWAWKBOX The SKWAWKBOX has received a tip-off that worst-Health-Secretary-in-history Jeremy Hunt will visit Southport hospital on Merseyside tomorrow, 22 August, at 11.30am. NHS campaigners are looking for as many people as possible to attend to make sure Hunt – the … Continue reading →

SKWAWKBOX Every year at Labour’s annual Conference, a number of rule-changes or ‘constitutional amendments’ are debated by delegates and, if approved, become part of the party’s rule-book. Last year’s Conference in Liverpool, ironically, saw Labour’s bureaucracy break, bend and ignore … Continue reading →

SKWAWKBOX On Monday, the SKWAWKBOX revealed the news that a serving Chief Constable of a UK police force has been accused of complicity in serious child sexual abuse. The logo of the government’s abuse inquiry In spite of police interviewing … Continue reading →