General secretary and presumed successor both gone – with more dismissals expected The TSSA union has sacked general secretary Manuel Cortes in the wake of Baroness Kennedy’s damning report on rampant and covered-up sexual harassment and bullying in the union. Luke Chester, until the report considered to be the ‘anointed’ next general secretary, has also […]
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Right-wing hack Lee Harpin – whose articles have led to major financial compensation to victims of his smears – has tried to have a pop at Skwawkbox, but it is likely to backfire. Harpin – responsible for, among others, a ‘litany of lies‘ about Liverpool legend Audrey White – tweeted snarkily that ‘funds must be […]
Newly-minted right-wing peer has long history of attacks on left The BBC has – belatedly and inadequately – ‘corrected’ its abject failure to challenge a smear by Baroness Anderson, known to many as Ruth Smeeth, against left-wing Jews. Anderson claimed last week on a live BBC News programme that Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL) – […]
Email to CLPs warns them that any existing affiliations with groups campaigning for abortion rights, minority human rights, disarmament and a fully public NHS are cancelled The Labour party has banned local parties (CLPs) from affiliating with an array of groups supporting the human rights of ethnic minorities or campaigning for a public NHS, in […]
By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost Financial podcasts have been featuring ominous headlines lately along the lines of “Your Bank Can Legally Seize Your Money” and “Banks Can STEAL Your Money?! Here’s How!” The reference is to “bail-ins:” the provision under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act allowing Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SIFIs, basically the biggest […]
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Right-winger now backs Starmer and despatched by Starmer to veto left-wing candidates Labour right-winger and national executive (NEC) member Luke Akehurst has admitted on camera to being one of an unspecified number of people who spent Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour party working ‘inside the party’ ‘trying to get rid’ of him: The clip […]
Conley report submitted to union months ago says union stuck in the 80s Earlier this month, Baroness Kennedy published a damning report on sexual harassment in the TSSA union, following a whistleblower’s allegations against senior figures and the #MeTU movement that followed, that has led to a string of resignations and suspensions among the union’s […]
By Blake Fleetwood / Original to ScheerPost The U.S. suffered worldwide embarrassment in the last two weeks while the American media and Republican and Democratic politicians hyperventilated over four UFO balloons that turned out to be harmless. At first the military wanted to keep everything about the Chinese balloon flight completely secret, but they were […]
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Bridget Phillipson is a perfect fit for Keir Starmer’s front bench Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has provided yet another confirmation of the political and moral vacuum Keir Starmer’s ‘Labour’ represents. Phillipson told the BBC that ‘structural change’ should not be a priority for a Labour government: In other words, Labour has no interest in […]
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