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. To her credit, she footslogged like no other. A younf Socialist female bame leader would be the lightening rod for progressives across the country One can only hope that this new group proves to be more effective than the SCG. They couldnt give a fuck. 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. a fair report? But Its not very polite. 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!). Another day, another initiative on the Labour left. With prices rising every year Ill be lucky to live the rest of my retirement in dignity. [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%. It is the funding model that makes me most uncomfortable. One member of the group, when approached by Skwawkbox for comment, denied that the new group represented a split from the SCG. These people are not even vaguely socialist. The Socialist Campaign Group ( SCG ), also known as the Campaign Group, is a left-wing, democratic socialist grouping of Labour Party Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom . 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. 18 Socialist Campaign Group MPs in parliament have signed a statement declaring that they oppose the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn and calling for the disciplinary action to be "quickly reversed". Christine Blower 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. Its the electoral equivalent of a drunk looking in the light of a street lamp, for something lost in the dark across the road. 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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. The right to mass media which provides accurate news, free from bias or distortion, and a diversity of views. PS this is not a invitation to f and blind..! Instead, we now face chaos and division.. Not sure what they are up to but Since then, three (3) more similarly robust US Government funded studies (Bashash, 2018, Green, 2019 and Till 2020) have been published. 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. LabourList has more readers than ever before - but we need your support. Not only have they stitched up who will win but they have also stitched up who will lose and in what order. It could also be, that she is a democrat too and finds difficult to breath in the stench of fascism that the Labour leadership is producing right now. It doesnt matter. Hes alright, too. Theres a link to the letter at the end of the following FAN article: UK UPDATE: Scientists Send Second Letter to Boris Johnson, https://fluoridealert.org/content/bulletin_01-28-22/, Alan Howard.I have a real and continuing interest in water supplies and whats exactly is in it.From a slow start as a indentured plumbing Apprenticeship and a difficult transition from North to south I attended a number of colleges in Bolton and East Surrey Redhill Tech.From starting with. If you wish to republish this post for non-commercial use, you are welcome to do so seeherefor more. Since theyve mostly BEEN members of the SCG, who have gone very quiet since Starmer, I wouldnt get your hopes up. Thats a sign of a lightweight. 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. [19] Backbench Labour MPs, led by the Campaign Group, opposed these plans, speaking and voting against them in Parliament. Has the Overton window moved that far? I dont think we have a bunch of careerists here. 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. [22], Socialist Campaign Group MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Tam Dalyell, along with Tony Benn, (who had been in the Socialist Campaign Group until he stood down as an MP at the 2001 General Election) were among the most high profile of the initial sponsors of the Stop the War Coalition at the meeting on 21 September 2001, along with figures such as Tariq Ali, Harold Pinter, Andrew Murray and Lindsey German, who became the convenor of Stop the War. Organisation [ edit] 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. Grahame Morris MP Both McDonnell and Meacher agreed that whichever of them had the support of fewer Labour MPs at the point of Tony Blair's resignation would withdraw from the campaign and support the other. [25], 14 Campaign Group MPs, working with other Labour backbenchers, sought to block the plans by proposing an alternative plan for education. 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. [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. Ian Lavery MP He pursued a 'carrot and stick' approach to undermining the Campaign Group by promoting MPs who were willing to leave the Campaign Group and renounce their previously held views and by isolating those who remained members. They signed StopTheWar letter. Our dedicated coverage of Labour's policies and personalities, internal debates, selections and elections relies on donations from our readers. The EHRC report published last week found Labour responsible for three breaches of the Equality Act relating to political interference in antisemitism complaints; failure to provide adequate training to those handling them; and harassment. The right to receive the best possible medical care, free, and at the moment of need. Not in my book at least. when he was really quite another. My grandfather was apprenticed to be a plumber before he joined the colours and went off to the Somme. . 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. [16] He sought to reduce the number of left-wing Labour MPs by centralising control of candidate selections and used "open shortlists in a fast and loose way, mainly to ensure that left candidates are excluded or defeated. Claiming there is widespread "anger and. Didnt dentists use to push toothpastes full of it for years? Rebecca Long-Bailey MP Not sure why they would set up a new group though ..? I have tried highlighting the injustice of the 550,000 British overseas pensioners who have been shafted by successive governments. If you dont care, please let me know why. Only one of the eleven (Kim Johnson) voted against the welfare cap. One less vote..Where have we heard that before? Just reading a cracking book, Why We Cant Afford The Rich by Andrew Sayer. The Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs has released a statement defending Ken Loach as a "fierce opponent of discrimination", urging the party to reinstate the filmmaker. 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.". Better to have them outside the tent pissing in. 18 Socialist Campaign Group MPs in parliament have signed a statement declaring that they oppose the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn and calling for the disciplinary action to be quickly reversed. ", "The BBC's obsession with balance took Labour off-air during the referendum campaign", "Media coverage of the EU Referendum (report 5)", "Labour crisis: how the coup against Jeremy Corbyn gathered pace", "Labour MPs prepare for leadership contest after Corbyn loses confidence vote", "Corbyn re-elected as Labour leader with bigger landslide than last year", "Socialist Campaign Group has reformed for 20192024. Seems to be a gang of soft left MPs going through very expensive PR exercise for themselves. Is that a genuine hope of just a way to have a dig at the SCG? A number of MPs who did not join SCG colleagues in calling for the reinstatement of Corbyn earlier this month have signed the latest joint declaration, but some SCG members are still missing from the list. with Corbyn as honorary President would be a more exciting development. and it is a brilliant film definitely to be recommended! For over four and a half years there was a sustained campaign of vilification and defamation alleging that the Labour Party was overrun by 'anti-Semitism'. It was a campaign initiated by that well known opponent of racism, the Daily Mail in an article written even . Thanks plain citizen I always appreciate the gesture of a little bit of the personal lives of our posters and also the info posted and thats why I dont hide myself although I know it can be used against us.in the future.My future is limited but I think its sometimes worth taking the risk of developing a picture with personal information although boring everyone is never the intention even if it does. As soon as it became clear that John Smith was the front runner, more and more MPs simply jumped on his bandwagon. He is aiming to pass a bill banning MPs from taking any money from oil and gas companies, Labour MP for Hemsworth, Former Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. 16 members of the left-wing parliamentary group did not sign the statement last night, including Nadia Whittome MP who had said she was saddened by the suspension but cannot agree with Corbyns statement on the report. to see this bullshit! 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. Patrick Seyd, The Rise and Fall of the Labour Left (1987), p. 223. She is a member of the far right Democratic party, a party born out of slave owners and has never from its birth ever ever! Mr Loach announced his exclusion from the party through Twitter on Saturday. Hiow long befoe it is proscribed by Starmer? (Follow MPs who are members here: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1220096981848162305 London, England socialistcampaigngroup.com Joined April 2019 Tweets 2021 Twitter About Help Center Terms Privacy policy [8], "From the day Kinnock became leader he made it clear that membership of the left wing Campaign Group of Labour MPs would be a bar to promotion within the PLP. 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. Join MPs from the Socialist Campaign Group at our Annual Conference Rally looking at the socialist solutions we need to tackle this cost-of-living emergency and to build a society that puts people before the profits of the wealthy few. Hope Im not proved wrong. When the result of the referendum was announced Corbyn's opponents on the right and centre of the Parliamentary Labour Party sought to trigger a leadership election on the grounds that they did not think he had campaigned sufficiently vigorously for Remain. Nearly every one of the twenty-odd ex-members of the Campaign Group sitting in the 198792 Parliament was appointed to the front bench shortly after leaving the group. 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 way to operate in the UK is for them to be active in extra-parliamentary campaigns and the trade union movement. Holby -I like your sense of humour. Nadia is the Labour MP for Nottingham East, and a former care worker. Abbott secured the first-preference votes of 7 MPs: Diane Abbott, Katy Clark, Jeremy Corbyn, Kelvin Hopkins, John McDonnell, Linda Riordan and Mike Wood. a genuine attempt to steer the party from within (which will undoubtedly fail since the current leadership is simply trying to destroy the party) Time will tell. Momentum accused Starmer of making it up as he goes along while being farcical and incompetent, with the co-chair Andrew Scattergood saying: They cant remove the whip from our movement.. 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Now Skwawkbox can reveal the names of the Labour figures it understands have agreed to form up to the new group and its requirements. if they are waiting in the wings and working surreptitiously 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. is suspicious. The right of access, throughout life, to the full range of human knowledge, through education at school, in college and afterwards. It was here that members of the Socialist Campaign Group - the 35 most left-wing MPs in the Labour party - spent three days parading their grievances with the Starmer project. [56], On 12 September 2015 Corbyn was elected Leader of the Labour Party in a landslide victory, with 59.5% of first-preference votes. [50], Corbyn outlined an anti-austerity domestic agenda and an international agenda opposed to military intervention. Where do they stand on the dangerous, fake pandemic? Starmer attended the talks with reps from the Board of Deputies, the Jewish Labour Movement, the Jewish Leadership Council and the Community Security Trust alongside deputy leader Angela Rayner and general secretary David Evans. [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. The right to enjoy dignity, and a full life, in retirement in suitable accommodation, free from financial anxieties, with proper medical, and other, facilities, including personal care, necessary to make that possible. If you care share. for hiding their real motives. Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP The Nottingham East MP explained: The grounds for Jeremys suspension remain unclear. 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. Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs Rally 7,852 views Premiered Oct 4, 2021 398 Dislike Share Save The World Transformed 6.12K subscribers Support TWT for as little as 1 / month:. This put pressure on the Labour Party leadership to support the strike, something Neil Kinnnock resisted until 10 months after the start of the strike. Rebecca Long-Bailey is MP for Salford and Eccles and former Shadow Secretary of State for Education. 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. mis- used by Starmer to suppress democracy. Which we duly did! MPs using their training budget (Im not sure if thats from party funds or part of their parliamentary expenses) to fund this seems cheeky. Zarah Sultana MP Enquiry as they were gathering their evidence? 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. Take AOC. ffs. Socialist Campaign Group Page Socialist Campaign Group Page Newsletter 3 - July 2020 Building Back Better In our latest newsletter, members of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs look at how the Left must respond to the public health and economic crisis and call for solidarity with Palestine. 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. 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. If the money comes from themselves and from inside the 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 Navendu Mishra MP 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". my god the transformation into the UK version of the far right Yanky Democratic party of bullshit is complete. Socialist Campaign Group MPs John McDonnell and Diane Abbott both sought nominations to run; however, McDonnell withdrew from the race after it became clear he would not receive sufficient nominations, and instead supported Abbott to give her the best chance of making it onto the ballot. Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. What is the point and what is this going to achieve apart from yet more theatre?. 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. It is not for moving. Jim.I think it means not sacking the servants and cutting their wages instead.so very new age neo liberal alliance. Its 17 . Days after berating the West, former shadow minister Richard Burgon, secretary of the hard Left Socialist Campaign Group . The Socialist Campaign Group was founded in 1982 due to a disagreement within the Labour left, traditionally organised around the Tribune Group, about whom to back in the 1981 deputy leadership election. Apsana Begum MP My pension was frozen in 2015. Flickr photos, groups, and tags related to the "socialistcampaigngroup" Flickr tag. 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. I couldnt agree more. Derek James reports on the split in the Socialist Campaign Group and the prospects for the 'insider' strategy. With you on that too. Co-Chair of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. 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]. Beth Winter MP, John Hendy to get rid of Starmer I would not blame them for hiding their be an attempt to form a rival NEC. Corbyn was in court alongside 16 other Islington residents all opposing the levy on grounds other than inability to pay. In October, the Socialist Campaign Group produced a pamphlet called "Winning the Future", which proposed solutions to the COVID-19 crisis.[30]. 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. Starmer is not for turning, so what do they have in their armoury to force him too? Diane Abbott MP Len McCluskey, leader of the Unite union, Labour's biggest financial donor, also rolled back from his more combative tone from Thursday, saying it was "a sensitive time" and people should remain. 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. Kay Clark Richard Burgon MP Grahame Morris MP All point in the same direction infant IQ loss (or increased ADHD symptoms) associated with fluoride exposure at the doses experienced in artificially fluoridated communities. Delusional is a serious mental illness and shouldnt be funded by sane people when this lot will be unemployed in eighteen months time.. 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). LOL. 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. 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. Sam Green is a Labour Party member, mental health campaigner and co-secretary of Labour Against Racism and Fascism. The right of free speech and assembly, the entrenchment of civil liberties and human rights and the right to organise voluntary associations and free trade unions for the purpose of protecting and improving the prospects for those who belong to them, and in particular, the right to withdraw labour as a means of securing justice. The right to useful and satisfying work, balanced with leisure, to meet the needs of society. Loach, a. 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 . [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. [43], No Campaign Group MPs backed Tony Blair, who went on to win the contest. [6], An advertisement in Tribune (24 April 1983) gave the membership of the Campaign Group as: Norman Atkinson, Tony Benn, Ron Brown, Dennis Canavan, Bob Cryer, Don Dixon, Martin Flannery, Stuart Holland, Bob Litherland, Joan Maynard, Willie McKelvey, Andy McMahon, Bob McTaggart, Michael Meacher, Bob Parry, Reg Race, Allan Roberts, Ernie Roberts, Dennis Skinner, and John Tilley. Socialist Campaign Group MPs are doubtful that a candidate could secure the 40 MP nominations required to stand against an incumbent leader. Spaffing money up the wall too late comrades that boat has sailed 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. 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? 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. [9], Tony Blair enthusiastically carried on Kinnock's attempts to "delegitimise the left". [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. Labour has been served with an unlawful act notice on the basis of the investigation by the EHRC. Olivia Blake MP Get your popcorn in. [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]. All of them Fake Left absolutely sickening! Astonishing! [31][32], Tony Benn could not stand because he was not currently in Parliament at the time, having just lost his seat. "[26], With Tory support, the reforms were eventually passed by 422 to 98 votes. [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.
