Beth Winter MP, By clicking subscribe you confirm you have read and agree to our privacy policy. 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. Kate Osborne MP One member of the group, when approached by Skwawkbox for comment, denied that the new group represented a split from the SCG. [49] It has been suggested that this practice of lending nominations to left candidate to widen the scope of debate "set a precedent" for Jeremy Corbyn's run for Leadership in 2015. a new structure and I wouldnt blame anyone It was a campaign initiated by that well known opponent of racism, the Daily Mail in an article written even . 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 . For example: is it because Richard Branson who resides in the Virgin Islands and yes, his State pension is frozen? 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. Sam Green is a Labour Party member, mental health campaigner and co-secretary of Labour Against Racism and Fascism. Dan Carden MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP In one hilarious meeting [of the Socialist Campaign Group], the Greenham [Common] Women addressed us. MS by Michael Segalov,. [2] The Campaign Group maintains close links with Momentum. However, many of these references are either misquoted or based on outdated science and the many, newer peer-reviewed studies are either misrepresented or not referenced at all. Organisation [ edit] A Labour spokesperson subsequently announced that Corbyn had been suspended, and the Parliamentary Labour Party whip removed from the Labour MP, in light of his comments made today and his failure to retract them. Why would you follow AOC FGS? Talk about fiddling while the party burns.. As our binary message then you cannot fail with Red or Tory, The politics in this country are well and truly fucked up, Im really not keen on some of my bedfellows, its time to get back to some kind of normality Corrupt or corrupted? 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. Thats a sign of a lightweight. The following members resigned their membership of the Campaign Group at various points in time when they became front bench spokespersons or members of the government, which was seen as incompatible with membership of the Campaign Group until 2017: The following members resigned their membership of the Campaign Group for other reasons: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. After all there is already a report being prepared. Labour historians have identified the campaign against the Poll Tax as a "huge victory" for the Labour left who campaigned in alliance with the extra-parliamentary socialist left "against one of the most reactionary pieces of legislation dreamt up in the modern age". From the bore whos too ignorant to say one vote fewer! As soon as it became clear that John Smith was the front runner, more and more MPs simply jumped on his bandwagon. 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. 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. It is not for moving. Labour MP for Streatham. [36] Benn secured only 11.4% of the vote (17.2% of MPs, 19.6% of CLPs and 0.2% of affiliated unions). So there is surely nothing wrong in forming Paul Smith the science and The Science (that supports the shamful, harmful and pathogenically dangerous Covid Narrative) are two very different things. To support the SKWAWKBOX and raise awareness of the independent Left media, visit our store for T-shirts, hoodies and more. anyone care to guess if Starmer is one of them ? (Monty Pythons). If you wish to republish this post for non-commercial use, you are welcome to do so seeherefor more. Open Letter To The Socialist Campaign Group May 14, 2021 by Chelley Ryan Dear Socialist Campaign Group, A few days ago I made the gut wrenching decision to resign my membership of the Labour Party after 11 years. Fantasy politics : A new party led by Howard Beckett(?) Our dedicated coverage of Labour's policies and personalities, internal debates, selections and elections relies on donations from our readers. [9], Tony Blair enthusiastically carried on Kinnock's attempts to "delegitimise the left". Who are the HNW donors who are funding this new socialist grouping. 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.. I followed her campaign. JC supports us but so called Socialists are nowhere to be found. Really?! 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. What a vile individual he is ! [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. 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. If you dont care, please let me know why. 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. Another re-arrangement of the 3rd class passengers deck chairs on the sinking ship I see. 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. Some activists have been campaigning for this to end for over 20 years. One less vote..Where have we heard that before? Is this: Kim Johnson MP The latest manufactured 'outrage' of the Board of Deputies and the Jewish Leadership Council concerns Labour MPs Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Diane Abbott. Hopefully on the right side of history. We need a new Left Wing Democratic Socialist Army with courage and vision! But Its not very polite. 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. 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. [50], Corbyn outlined an anti-austerity domestic agenda and an international agenda opposed to military intervention. [9] Socialist Campaign Group MPs made up a significant number of these including Tony Benn, who gave his full support to the campaign and spoke at the 200,000 strong anti-Poll Tax demonstration in Trafalgar Square,[11] and Jeremy Corbyn who appeared at Highbury Magistrates' Court in 1991 for not paying his poll tax bill of 481. 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. The MPs wrote: The Equality and Human Rights Commision report ought to have been an important moment for the Labour Party to reflect and move forward together in battle against antisemitism. [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". THE Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs called on the party to immediately reinstate the membership of filmmaker and anti-racist Ken Loach today. Arwyn, Rosie Duffield does probably believes that comes the next General Election she stands better chances at retaining her seat as a LibDem MP. Is not Starmer doing both with HQ staff? If anything. After all our money is being used to support 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. We stand with people all around the world in solidarity with the Palestinian people and in defence of their inalienable rights. 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. 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. Borax is used allot in blacksmithing as well to help forge welding or joining 2 bits of usually steel especially in Damacus or pattern weald steel for knives and other sharp stabby stuff to stop oxygen messing up the weald. It doesnt matter. Which we duly did! Distasteful might have been better. This reduced the previous weighting in favour of MPs and Trade Unions. [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. Can it not be more? The devolved structure for selection of candidates protects them from central control, and there can be no withdrawal of the whip. Dance! [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. Socialist Campaign Group (@socialistcampaigngroup) on TikTok | Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs.Watch the latest video from Socialist Campaign Group (@socialistcampaigngroup). [36] At a meeting of the Campaign Group following this election defeat, it was agreed that Tony Benn should stand against Kinnock in a leadership election, although Benn himself was reluctant to run. SKWAWKBOX needs your help. Not only have they stitched up who will win but they have also stitched up who will lose and in what order. [10], Only 15 Labour MPs supported the Anti Poll Tax Federation. 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Corbyn was in court alongside 16 other Islington residents all opposing the levy on grounds other than inability to pay. 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 Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs on the partys left wing have issued a statement calling for the reversal of the decision taken by Keir Starmer not to restore the whip to Jeremy Corbyn. It will be interesting who turns up for the Commemoration. However, this time rather than a new 'rank and file' initiative, it seems that a group of 11 Campaign Group MPs and one member of the Scottish parliament are forming a new parliamentary caucus. John McDonnell MP Then renaged coz Starmer threatened them. To her credit, she footslogged like no other. 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. Not sure what they are up to but The structure and operation of the political system in the US is completely different from that in the UK. First published in March 1986,[73] Socialist Campaign Group News was the monthly magazine of the Campaign Group. Kudos for that. "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 Its 17 . Corbyn's opponents in the National Executive Committee were alleged by Robert Peston to have sought to "fix"[65] the result by increasing the fee for becoming a registered supporter from 3 to 25 and excluding from voting the 130,000 new members who had joined in the previous 6 months. 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. Kate Osborne MP Good luck, now let's organise! Get the blasters out and dance workers, dance. Obviously not the ones paid a 600,000 bonus for screwing Corbyn. ..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. For 14 years Gaza has been under siege. Jon Trickett MP with Corbyn as honorary President would be a more exciting development. [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. is suspicious. [64] Owen Smith secured the required nominations to run against him. The squawking one claims: If he turned up, plenty of people would choose to commemorate elsewhere. If you care share. [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]. Before their eyes Corbyn is once again humiliated without even a discussion and NOTHING! Ian Byrne MP However, this was the largest rebellion a Labour government had ever suffered at the third reading of a Bill.[25]. [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. [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%. 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. My pension was frozen in 2015. 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 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. Blair ally Patricia Hewitt was alleged to have described the rebellion as a "conspiracy organised by the Socialist Campaign Group"[20]. [citation needed]. Whats the name of this new group of 12? 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. Steering the right of a nominally leftwing party to the left sounds familier, Bernie Sanders with the Dumbocrats. Thanks. Something I am in full agreement with you is, Labour fake left SOG AKA The Squad! Nadia is the Labour MP for Nottingham East, and a former care worker. Fair weather socialists (?) preparing the ground for a breakaway party (otherwise why the staff and funding?) People Before Profit Copyright 2020 The Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. 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! 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. 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. 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Just saying !! The site is provided free of charge but depends on the support of its readers to be viable. Claiming there is widespread "anger and. Tony Greenstein started this petition to Socialist Campaign Group of MPs. The 2015 Leadership Election was the first held under new rules introduced by Ed Miliband following the Collins Review which recommended moving to a one-member one vote (OMOV) system. 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. Several MPs and groups within the Labour Party, as well as trade union Unite leader Len McCluskey, have since argued that the suspension is wrong, and called on the Labour leader to reverse the disciplinary action. [42], No candidate from the Campaign Group ran in the 1994 leadership election and the group did not endorse a candidate. Thanks for reminding us why this new group needs our active support. [52] Ed Miliband went on to win the leadership election. 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. To support the SKWAWKBOX and raise awareness of the independent Left media, visit our store for T-shirts, hoodies and more. However, three (3) of the five cited footnoted references [21, 23 & 24], claiming that the evidence does not support the US-funded Bashash 2017 and Green 2019 studies, were published before 2017 and thus it is absurd to use them to dismiss such important findings. Tahir Ali MP Rosie Duffield about to leave Labour according to Guardian website. Also not on the list was Clive Lewis MP, who last week appeared to agree with journalist Rachel Shabi that Corbyns comments were ill-advised, to put it mildly and that it is beyond frustrating to see Labour yet again descend into factionalism over this [antisemitism] issue and thus torpedo the EHRC report. Really interesting, thank you Joseph. a genuine attempt to steer the party from within (which will undoubtedly fail since the current leadership is simply trying to destroy the party) [66], Following the 2019 general election, the Socialist Campaign Group reformed for 20192024. Another day, another initiative on the Labour left. 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 . It appears that the UKs four Chief Medical Officershave already concluded Water Fluoridation is safe, citing the footnoted references made in the Policy Paper. Issues regularly covered included: women's liberation, Black Sections, international liberation struggles, internal Labour Party democracy and elections, reports from the National Executive Committee, proposed resolutions for Labour Party Conference, socialist economic policy, disabled people's rights, Northern Ireland and the Conservative Party. 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. Yes, Starmers turning up to commemorate the 13 citizens murdered by the British Estalishment. 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. 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.. Now Skwawkbox can reveal the names of the Labour figures it . We all kow what they should be doing is planning a new party.