[65], On 24 September 2016, Corbyn was re-elected Leader of the Labour Party in another landslide victory, increasing his share of the vote from 59.5% to 61.8%. Ian Mearns MP Two minutes before the deadline Corbyn reached the threshold of 35 nominations, having been 'lent' nominations from MPs who did not support him but were persuaded to nominate him by grassroots members and Campaign Group MPs. Off topic.. Not only do the PTB want to slowly poisonous all, but they are using falsehoods to do so: The following clips from a letter sent to Boris Johnson by two scientists regarding the Governments intention to fluoridate the water supply are self-explanatory: Further to our letter dated 5th September 2021, we have not yet received any acknowledgement of its receipt or any reply from your office despite it being sent by recorded delivery. 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. ", "CHILD BENEFIT FOR LONE PARENTS (Hansard, 10 December 1997)", "Where the Socialist Campaign Group should go next for a unified left", "A World to Win | Review | Books | Beyond New Labour", "John McDonnell withdraws from Labour leadership race in favour of Diane Abbott", "Diane Abbott makes it on to Labour leadership ballot", "Leadership MPs and MEPs | The Labour Party", "THE COLLINS REVIEW INTO LABOUR PARTY REFORM", "Corbyn sets up clash with Cameron over Europe", "Beckett: I was moron to nominate Corbyn", "Labour leadership: Jeremy Corbyn elected with huge mandate", "Did Jeremy Corbyn really give 122 speeches during the EU referendum campaign? First published in March 1986,[73] Socialist Campaign Group News was the monthly magazine of the Campaign Group. [19] Backbench Labour MPs, led by the Campaign Group, opposed these plans, speaking and voting against them in Parliament. Which we duly did! Ian Lavery MP [68][69] Both were defeated by Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner respectively.[70]. Take AOC. But among the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs, many alleged the party was no longer able be the broad church that it was under other successful Labour leaders such as Clement Attlee and. But Its not very polite. a genuine attempt to steer the party from within (which will undoubtedly fail since the current leadership is simply trying to destroy the party) Ian has been the MP for Liverpool West Derby since 2019 and was the co-founder of Fans Supporting Foodbanks, a community initiative by football fans to tackle food poverty in Liverpool. Diane Abbott MP The defeat of Jeremy Corbyn has given the right inside and outside the Labour Party a mandate to press ahead with their campaign against the left. 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. The Socialist Campaign Group, officially the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs and also known as the Campaign Group, is a left-wing, democratic socialist grouping of the Labour Party 's Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. As soon as it became clear that John Smith was the front runner, more and more MPs simply jumped on his bandwagon. This campaign had no support at all from the Labour Party at a national level, no official party rallies being organised, and those who rallied were singled out for disciplinary action, many being expelled from the party just because they were active in the movement, and some prospective local and parliamentary candidates were refused endorsement by the NEC merely for their principled refusal to pay."[14]. I remember my Mum and Gran always having some in the kitchen during my childhood (near Oldham so looks like we are both Lancastrians and like you I am retired but not decommisioned!). [43], No Campaign Group MPs backed Tony Blair, who went on to win the contest. Tony Benn's decision to challenge Denis Healey for the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party in 1981 was heavily criticised by Labour's leader, Michael Foot,[3] who had long been associated with the Labour left and Tribune Group. Christine Blower John McDonnell MP We are pushing the Labour leadership to do better on its economic approach . If he turned up, plenty of people would choose to commemorate elsewhere. Kate Osborne MP Sam Gorst, Labour councillor for Liverpool's Cressington ward, was . Members of the Campaign Group have been the first to be at the forefront of mass campaigns on trade union rights, private equity, council housing, public services and against the war We consistently raise uncomfortable issues and support campaigns that no other parliamentarians will touch, on issues like asylum, deportations, international trade union and human rights, campaigns for those killed or injured at work, safety of vulnerable workers, including sex workers, cuts in legal aid and English for speakers of other languages funding. One less vote..Where have we heard that before? worth while job than fining a few members of the govt when [67] Campaign Group members Rebecca Long-Bailey and Richard Burgon ran for leader and deputy leader of the Labour Party respectively. Has the Overton window moved that far? "A caucus of 'eleven new left Labour MPs and an MSP' from the Socialist Campaign Group (SCG) of left-wing Labour MPs have agreed to set up a separate group with its own funding, priorities - and at least one staff member."The Skwawkbox and it is a brilliant film definitely to be recommended! I smell a Rat..even from 8ooo miles away! Fake left remainers. [66], Following the 2019 general election, the Socialist Campaign Group reformed for 20192024. The February 1988 edition of Campaign Group News included "The Aims and Objectives of the Labour Party" a statement agreed by the Campaign Group of Labour MPs and circulated "to provide a focus for political discussion and education within the party and to be the basis of our long-term political work". NVLA..Shes a stunner but they all like to play Hollywood in the USA.Now in dear old blighty its playing kings and queens and lords and ladys with Knights of the realm..ITs all theatre and not worth the price of a ticket.so sad . Rosie Duffield about to leave Labour according to Guardian website. Is that a genuine hope of just a way to have a dig at the SCG? The party now has six weeks until December 10th to produce an action plan to the EHRC in response to the findings and recommendations. Before their eyes Corbyn is once again humiliated without even a discussion and NOTHING! 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. Not a Socialist. [50], Corbyn outlined an anti-austerity domestic agenda and an international agenda opposed to military intervention. . when he was really quite another. So and do feel free to correct me if Im wrong theyre basically paying for this group on expenses? Its the electoral equivalent of a drunk looking in the light of a street lamp, for something lost in the dark across the road. Our own Squad. Olivia Blake MP Joseph Ive been meaning to thank you for the very interesting link in your recent post about Borax which particularly interested me as I suffer quite badly from arthritis. a new structure and I wouldnt blame anyone Hes intendng to recite his TenPledges again with his fingers crossed behind his back. Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs Rally Online on TWTtv, Black-E Main Space 27.09.2022 7PM - 8:30PM Rally With people facing the deepest attack on living standards in decades, we urgently need to build an alternative to the soaring energy bills, pay cuts, food poverty and housing insecurity faced by millions. Ive warned about this for decades, ever since Blair let his idea out during the 9 In 2010 nominations from 33 MPs (12.5% of the Parliamentary Labour Party) were required to make it onto the ballot paper. Blair ally Patricia Hewitt was alleged to have described the rebellion as a "conspiracy organised by the Socialist Campaign Group"[20]. 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. Richard Burgon MP 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. Its up to us the people on the ground whod rather not give-up on the despicable and often authoritarian (show me your papers) Labour party. Among its planned funding streams are a levy of 1,000 per MP to be taken from their training budgets and contributions from Claudia Webbe MP I often buy WD40 not as a lubricant, but to remove silicone sealant from around my shower/sink etc. 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]. Mick Whitley MP Apsana Begum MP Liberals, set up liberal thing. Rebecca Long-Bailey MP We all know what they must do, a new party and fuck this neoliberal shitshow Labour party. [37] The decision to run led to a number of MPs leaving the Campaign Group including Clare Short, Margaret Beckett, Jo Richardson and Joan Ruddock. 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. The cut was brought in by Harriet Harman, Secretary of State for Social Security, who championed the cut despite the majority of people affected being women and children who were already poor. Signed (32 names) IT problems? http://frozenbritishpensions.org/our-members/, These SNP, Tories, Lib Dem MPs are more Socialist than Sam Tarry, The Socialist Party already exists, build it up with JC as their star signing then there is a chance to attract unions, members and supporters Seems to be a gang of soft left MPs going through very expensive PR exercise for themselves. The paper published articles by Campaign Group MPs alongside left wing Labour Party activists and trade unionists. More than 80,000/pa and theyre skimming money from their training budgets (which surely is meant for training) to fund this? Never acknowledged by a single Socialist MP on Twitter. Is this: Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. 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. "[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. Rebecca Long-Bailey MP [25], 14 Campaign Group MPs, working with other Labour backbenchers, sought to block the plans by proposing an alternative plan for education. Starmer announced on Wednesday morning that he would not restore the party whip, however, due he said to Corbyns response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission report on Labour antisemitism. Not forgetting the ubiquitous, thank you for your service, mantra. Originally called the Gay Labour Group, [3] the purpose of this organisation is to campaign within the Labour Party and wider Labour movement to promote the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT) peoples, and to encourage members of the LGBT community to support the Labour Party. Jim.I think it means not sacking the servants and cutting their wages instead.so very new age neo liberal alliance. This new initiative does not smell good to me. As we can all see thats been a rip-roaring success. [58] Analysis from academics at Loughborough University found that the BBC had excluded Labour voices during the campaign and instead covered the campaign as a Conservative Party civil war.[59][60]. [4], The Campaign Group would go on to back Eric Heffer and Michael Meacher in their unsuccessful bids for the leadership and deputy leadership in 1983. [9], In 2005, Blair's government announced plans to encourage every school to become an independent self-governing trust. Claudia Webbe MP The structure and operation of the political system in the US is completely different from that in the UK. We stand with people all around the world in solidarity with the Palestinian people and in defence of their inalienable rights. Portugals PM Costa stuns with majority win in snap election Jeremy Corbyn, Labour MP for Islington North and for many years Campaign Group Secretary, remarked that the group was the biggest job creation scheme in the Palace of Westminster. 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. One can only hope that this new group proves to be more effective than the SCG. Party Governance structure which has been These people are not even vaguely socialist. 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[2] The Campaign Group maintains close links with Momentum. Didnt dentists use to push toothpastes full of it for years? The site is provided free of charge but depends on the support of its readers to be viable. He told The Times newspaper "I am here today because thousands of people who elected me just cannot afford to pay. [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. It is the funding model that makes me most uncomfortable. Paul Smith the science and The Science (that supports the shamful, harmful and pathogenically dangerous Covid Narrative) are two very different things. [40] This ensured that Gould received enough nominations to ensure a contest between him and Smith, and that Ken Livingstone and Bernie Grant were kept off the ballot. Sorry comrades to be so harsh but with the climate crisis, the cost of living crisis, Right Wing Tory Authoritarianism and War mongering we dont have the time for Left Wing Labour to turn things around or the Lefts CUSTERS LAST STAND! and I dont think they have the political bottle to take on the Labour Right and the rich and powerful, with the advocacy of left wing policies and actions. Another day, another initiative on the Labour left. Peace and Justice Joseph. for hiding their real motives. Days after berating the West, former shadow minister Richard Burgon, secretary of the hard Left Socialist Campaign Group . It quickly became clear that the 20% nomination threshold risked eliminating all candidates except Smith: "The '20 per cent' rule was introduced in 1989 specifically to exclude the Campaign Group the left from future leadership elections. 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. After all there is already a report being prepared. All of them Fake Left absolutely sickening! [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. John Hendy that the group hopes to persuade to part with cash to achieve an alliance between GND [green new deal] and new/progressive economics. Distasteful might have been better. Left Mobilise the energy of the multi-generational, multi-racial, class-based movement - brought into the Labour Party by Jeremy Corbyn's socialist leadership - to effect real political change and achieve socialism in our lifetime. Not sure what they are up to but Obviously not the ones paid a 600,000 bonus for screwing Corbyn. Hope Im not proved wrong. [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. News, politics, insights, inside information from the left. He doesnt care coz hes well minted and it doesnt affect his life. 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. Below is the full text of the Socialist Campaign Group statement and its signatories. Socialist Campaign Group MPs - including Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell and Dan Carden - have spoken at a rally in Liverpool at which an elected local councillor was filmed joining in with a chant from the crowd of "From the river to sea - Palestine will be free.". 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. Socialist Campaign Group MPs are doubtful that a candidate could secure the 40 MP nominations required to stand against an incumbent leader. At that time the left on the NEC predicted that the new rule would rebound against democracy in the entire party including the soft left who voted for it. 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. [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. to see this bullshit! I will keep this situation under review.. 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. Only one of the eleven (Kim Johnson) voted against the welfare cap. (Monty Pythons). 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. Mick Whitley MP Do you remember when she made her base dance, after voting for a bill furthering their exploration. Scroll to top Jon Trickett MP 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. Nadia is the Labour MP for Nottingham East, and a former care worker. 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. Just wonder if this is the prelude to a leadership bid by at least a couple of them. In light of this, the decision to not restore the whip to Jeremy Corbyn is wrong and damaging to the Labour Party. [75], A website of the same name, providing electronic versions of some of the articles in the printed edition and lists of Campaign Group MPs, was run from 1999[76] to 2010.[77]. Labour MP for Streatham. 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. [citation needed]. ..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. At a meeting of the Socialist Campaign Group on 3 June it was decided that, with McDonnell and Abbott both ruling themselves out after having stood previously, Jeremy Corbyn should be the left's candidate for leader. 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. [10], Only 15 Labour MPs supported the Anti Poll Tax Federation. Andy Fantasy politics : A new party led by Howard Beckett(?) 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. [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. What a vile individual he is ! [33], During his time as Leader Neil Kinnock moved the Labour party to adopt centrist politics. 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. Thanks for your solidarity so SKWAWKBOX can keep doing its job. 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. Tahir Ali MP People Before Profit Pauline Bryan The planned tax became known as the poll tax and was thought by many to be intended to save the rich money and move the expenses onto the poor. Clive Lewis MP The right to useful and satisfying work, balanced with leisure, to meet the needs of society. 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. Our regular supporters fuel everything we do. For 14 years Gaza has been under siege. Peter Barberis, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley. who set such a brilliant example of pretending to be one thing The book is premised on two interdependent theses: first, that 'Corbynism' was the product of social-movement politics outside the Labour Party; second, that its decline was set in motion by its drift away from those same social movements. If you care share. They were trying to buy bolt-cutters to cut the fences at Greenham Common, but anytime they turned up at a shop anywhere near, they were denied the right to buy them. Enquiry as they were gathering their evidence? Margaret Beckett described this change as "unprecedented". SKWAWKBOX needs your help. Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs Rally, How To Intervene in Police and State Power with Copwatch Network, Left Book Club x TWT: Socialism and Literature, With Yara Rodrigues Fowler, Wendy Liu, Elif Sarican. Tony Greenstein started this petition to Socialist Campaign Group of MPs. 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. @socialistcam Tweets Socialist Campaign Group @socialistcam Occasional tweets from the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. London: Macmillan. Earlier this week, Skwawkbox exclusively revealed that a group of eleven new left Labour MPs and an MSP from the Socialist Campaign Group (SCG) of left MPs have set up a separate group, which they hope to fund from contributions from high net-worth donors and by donating money from their own parliamentary training budgets. 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? My grandfather was apprenticed to be a plumber before he joined the colours and went off to the Somme. The statement set out the ideological basis for Benn's 1988 campaign to be Labour leader. [9] Tony Benn described the relationship of the campaign against the Poll Tax with the Labour Party: "The main credit for defeating this monstrosity [the Poll Tax] must go to those, first in Scotland and then in England and Wales, who organised the anti-poll tax unions and the federation that brought them together, for without their brilliant leadership and the mass rallies which they organised the Tories might just have got away with it. There must have been terabytes of digital files landing in Fordes 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. Just reading a cracking book, Why We Cant Afford The Rich by Andrew Sayer. With prices rising every year Ill be lucky to live the rest of my retirement in dignity. 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. [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. [71] The document outlines a socialist, internationalist and democratic agenda and starts by listing the rights that members thought out to be fought for: "WE BELIEVE: That there should be certain rights which must be won and maintained: We need a campaign for peace and disarmament in Europe, and for an end to the arms trade throughout the world and for a new international economic order which will start to reverse the transfer of wealth from the poorest to the richest. It was released shortly before Unite general secretary Len McCluskey declared that he was astonished at the withdrawal of the whip, saying it was vindictive and vengeful and shows marked bad faith. The right to mass media which provides accurate news, free from bias or distortion, and a diversity of views. This new organising space for left MPs should in the first instance focus on innovating with newparliamentary tactics and media interventions to push issues like the Green New Deal in the runup to COP26 and off the back of it. The group also plans tactics such as parliamentary actions and stunts including: Using conventional Parliamentary tactics better i.e. Just read that report by unite on Ford report.First thoughts is how can anyone remain in a party of criminals that stole members money to pay staff to divert money and destroy Jeremy Corbyn and a socialist government in waiting..The hatred and bile can be understood especially when dealing with fascists now in charge and out of control.The part that Mcnicol played as G Secretary was the fulcrum for criminal behaviour and in any other party the Police would be called in..This I cant understand.ITs all too late and they know it with just token resistance from a minority who stay and ?keep feeding the parasites infesting the Labour party.

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