SKWAWKBOX privacy policy and GDPR information, on Exclusive: the 11 SCG MPs setting up a new new left group, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), After both CLP chairs, now Newham branch chair quits role and sham of a party over destruction of democracy, Starmer personal ratings lower than Corbyns were at same point in leadership, http://frozenbritishpensions.org/our-members/, https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/portuguese-go-polls-snap-election-marked-by-covid-uncertainty-2022-01-30/, Proud widow of wrong sort of Jew tells Starmer: Mike faced antisemitism from you, not members, Student apologises publicly to Corbyn for allowing pretentious d*ck Starmer to use him for photo opp, Coyle suspended from Commons for abuse with racial overtones, Starmers Labour abstains on vote to protect journalists from state persecution, allowing Tory win, JLM tells Greens: how dare you welcome Jews we dont like. [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. The Neo-Liberal Labour Right are in complete control. However, Margaret Beckett, who had been a member of the Campaign Group until 1988, was nominated by 18 Campaign Group MPs, with 5 nominating John Prescott. Promise to clean out the stables from top to bottom, no one is above the law we are truly all in it together and as Socialists we will never leave anyone behind. MS by Michael Segalov,.
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Socialist Campaign Group Calls for Urgent New Strategy to Save Lives So and do feel free to correct me if Im wrong theyre basically paying for this group on expenses? 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. [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]. The SCG statement describing the reinstatement of Corbyn as correct and the continued suspension of the party whip as wrong and damaging has 32 signatories, including 27 Labour MPs plus Claudia Webbe. Our own Squad. Thats a sign of a lightweight. For other uses, see, Opposition to the Iraq War & founding the Stop The War Coalition. Thanks. Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP Time will tell.
Socialist Campaign Group - Wikispooks The site is provided free of charge but depends on the support of its readers to be viable. [42], No candidate from the Campaign Group ran in the 1994 leadership election and the group did not endorse a candidate. 13 May 2020. In one hilarious meeting [of the Socialist Campaign Group], the Greenham [Common] Women addressed us.
Will there be a Labour left leadership challenge to Keir Starmer? Apsana Begum MP It looks to me like an attempt by a group of MPs to differentiate themselves from the SCG in the hope that they can retain their positions in the face of a possible removal of all left- wing members of the PLP. Im sorry to say the list is not what I would call left, soft left yes, which is why they arent going for the jugular. Following the 1997 General Election, 7% of Labour MPs were members of the Campaign Group. [50], Corbyn outlined an anti-austerity domestic agenda and an international agenda opposed to military intervention. MPs using their training budget (Im not sure if thats from party funds or part of their parliamentary expenses) to fund this seems cheeky. 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. Fake left remainers.
Reject the Board of Deputies 10 Pledges - Change.org The right to a good home for all in which to live, bring up children and care for all dependents. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/portuguese-go-polls-snap-election-marked-by-covid-uncertainty-2022-01-30/. He told The Times newspaper "I am here today because thousands of people who elected me just cannot afford to pay. In 2010 nominations from 33 MPs (12.5% of the Parliamentary Labour Party) were required to make it onto the ballot paper. Arwyn, Rosie Duffield does probably believes that comes the next General Election she stands better chances at retaining her seat as a LibDem MP. Fingers crossed ..like many I would like to see the Kudos for that. 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. Party Governance structure which has been Since then, three (3) more similarly robust US Government funded studies (Bashash, 2018, Green, 2019 and Till 2020) have been published. Dan Carden MP The rule that shadow cabinet MPs could not be group members caused difficulties, and this rule was removed, allowing the group to recover to 23 members by 2019.[28]. What is the point and what is this going to achieve apart from yet more theatre?. Never acknowledged by a single Socialist MP on Twitter. calling Boris Johnson a liar, actions involving dresscodes, taking theknee in the chamber etc. 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. More than 80,000/pa and theyre skimming money from their training budgets (which surely is meant for training) to fund this? What does that actually mean? Kate Osborne MP Which we duly did! The Socialist Campaign Group, also known as the Campaign Group, officially Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs is a left-wing , democratic socialist grouping of Labour Party Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. I think they are career politicians. LabourList has been told that the new group includes Labour backbenchers Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Clive Lewis, Nadia Whittome, Rachael Maskell, Dawn Butler and Kim Johnson, and frontbenchers Sam Tarry and Olivia Blake. With prices rising every year Ill be lucky to live the rest of my retirement in dignity. Yes, Starmers turning up to commemorate the 13 citizens murdered by the British Estalishment. pic.twitter.com/qhuovdGVSI, Socialist Campaign Group (@socialistcam) November 4, 2020, Diane Abbott MP worth while job than fining a few members of the govt when Its 17 . Despite the scale of the opposition from Labour MPs and campaigners, Harman continued to implement the cuts. Starmer is not for turning, so what do they have in their armoury to force him too? 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. Since theyve mostly BEEN members of the SCG, who have gone very quiet since Starmer, I wouldnt get your hopes up. Can I ask you why you think hes a Socialist? SCG MPs who did not sign the statement released on Wednesday: Paula Barker; Olivia Blake; Dan Carden; Marsha de Cordova; Rachel Hopkins; Imran Hussain; Kim Johnson; Lewis; Rachael Maskell; Andy McDonald; Nav Mishra; Charlotte Nichols; Kate Osamor; Lloyd Russell Moyle; Sam Tarry; and Whittome. An 'MPs Strategic Coordination Proposal' document, obtained by Skwawkbox, says that the group's budget to March of this year will be almost 32,000, with a first year of operations costing 133,000. Richard Burgon is the Labour Party MP for Leeds East and member of the Socialist Campaign Group. Didnt dentists use to push toothpastes full of it for years? 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. 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. So when the left have nowhere else to go, but are pulling support from the party in their droves, ask yourself, what would Mandelson do? 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. But while the vast majority are struggling to get by, its boom time for the privileged few who are getting ever richer and the corporations raking in record profits. The right of access, throughout life, to the full range of human knowledge, through education at school, in college and afterwards. But thats all the SCG ever seems to do, talk about anything but the matter that counts, the pointlessness of staying in the Starmer party. 1981 Labour Party deputy leadership election, 200,000 strong anti-Poll Tax demonstration, 1983 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 1988 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), "The Tax That Helped Destroy Margaret Thatcher", "The Poll Tax: The battle that brought down Thatcher", "The wilderness years: how Labour's left survived to conquer", "Blair's Coup d'Etat or Why the PLP is so right wing", "Lone parents' benefit cut: What makes Harriet Harman tick? They have cut off the arms of the Left Labour MPs. FWIW, I like the new financially independent group is honest, specifically: * That its not separatist against the authoritarian pro-neoliberal, (anti-socialist) centrists; * that it remains like a thorn in its side within the historical Labour party (until the aggressive RW gets its act together and suspends every single group member and the tens of thousands of former party members who support, raise money for, sustain community links and campaign in support of the new group; * that it is investigating a new organisational structure (not least to protect itself from the authoritarian pro-crony-capitalism clique currently serving Sir Keir of the Establishment Starmer, but sure as eggs someone else in the very near future). 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. Andy Fantasy politics : A new party led by Howard Beckett(?) Jeremy Corbyn is the MP for Islington North and former leader of the Labour Party. Organisation [ edit] Left Tribune Group member and future Labour leader Neil Kinnock led a number of Labour MPs to support John Silkin in the deputy leadership election and abstain in the run-off between Healey and Benn. Copyright 2020 The Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. Especially when they get paid 80k a year with a generous expense account and a good pension. "[8], During the 198485 miners' strike MPs from the Socialist Campaign Group took action to support the striking miners by visiting picket lines and raising money to be donated to the miners' relief centres. [39] Rules introduced following Tony Benn's 1988 leadership challenge meant that candidates would have to secure nominations from 55 MPs to make it onto the ballot paper. 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. Whats the name of this new group of 12? "[12], The scale of public opposition in both polls and in the streets have been identified as one of the key causes of the end of Thatcher's premiership.[13]. A distraction (give the impression something might change and get people waste time, energy and money into something going nowhere)? Before their eyes Corbyn is once again humiliated without even a discussion and NOTHING! Diane Abbott is the Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington. Trying to save their own necks more like. This new initiative does not smell good to me. Some activists have been campaigning for this to end for over 20 years. Sam Green is a Labour Party member, mental health campaigner and co-secretary of Labour Against Racism and Fascism. These Rebel MPs Are Planning a War with Labour Austerity Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell and their socialist mates won't let a Labour government implement more austerity. Those MPs who did support Benn quit to form the Socialist Campaign Group, and the Tribune Group soon descended into a fan club for Kinnock's leadership before becoming defunct in the 1990s. Why would you follow AOC FGS? [5], The Campaign Group subsequently organised itself around opposition to the direction the party took under the leadership of Kinnock and his successors. Christine Blower [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. Spaffing money up the wall too late comrades that boat has sailed Fluoride is used in the corrosive etching process. For doing precisely sod all if they so choose. 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. Something I am in full agreement with you is, Labour fake left SOG AKA The Squad! [34] In the 1987 General Election Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives won a landslide victory and were nearly 12% ahead of Labour in the popular vote. It got posted on the next report too.
Leftwing Labour MPs fear losing whip after Jeremy Corbyn barred Ive warned about this for decades, ever since Blair let his idea out during the 9 [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". Although the Campaign Group did not require members to adhere to a particular set of policies, the group did occasionally set out statements of principle. They will not rest until the Labour Party has been purged of all traces of socialism. Is this: [23], The Coalition organised what is widely thought to be the largest demonstration in British history, when on 15 February 2003, over a million people[24] marched against the War in Iraq. People are getting wise to the Establishment liar. [22], Campaign Group MP Alan Simpson launched Labour Against The War to coordinate parliamentary opposition to Tony Blair's decision to follow George W. Bush in invading Iraq. It brought to an end a decades-long, Angela Rayner has declared that evidence presented by the privileges committee is absolutely damning for Boris Johnson after, Huq regains whip following suspension for calling Kwarteng superficially Black, The Mo Mowlam cinematic arts studio is a fitting tribute to her remarkable life, Rayner: Privileges committee evidence absolutely damning for Johnson, Labour warned relationship with trans people could be irreversibly fractured, Labours parliamentary selection process is under scrutiny for good reason, Our rolling list of Labour parliamentary candidate selections, Exclusive: Byrne files official notification over alleged intimidation, Book review: Out of the Blue by James Heale and Harry Cole, LabourList relies on the support of its readers please donate.