"Campaign Group" redirects here. 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. with Corbyn as honorary President would be a more exciting development. We all know what they must do, a new party and fuck this neoliberal shitshow Labour party. I dont think so. 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. Rebecca Long-Bailey MP strategic use of parliamentaryspeeches and questions clipped for social media, coordination around Private MembersBills and amendments to Bills, media interventions around select committeeappearances etc Playing with Parliamentary conventions to capture media attention and generate debatein Westminster i.e. Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP 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. ffs. Party workers were tasked with personal lobbying for the leaderships preferred choice, or were even told to chase up certain postal votes but not others. [50] Abbott was the first black woman to ever contest the Labour leadership. Everything changed in 2015. Just wonder if this is the prelude to a leadership bid by at least a couple of them. Pauline Bryan, By clicking subscribe you confirm you have read and agree to our privacy policy. I cant help but feel that first year operating costs of 133,000 could be better spent in the fight for socialism. The injustice against the Palestinian people is intensifying. Ian Mearns MP This would be one more step in Starmers plan to make Labour safe for the socially regressive those Tories he thinks he needs to persuade to vote Labour in order to win a general election. [45] However, although Meacher gave his support to McDonnell following Blair's resignation not all of his supporters switched allegiance, leaving McDonnell short of the nominations required and leading to Gordon Brown becoming leader unopposed. Distasteful might have been better. Starmer is not for turning, so what do they have in their armoury to force him too? Until that is done the Gulf War will be the first of many such wars where Western countries declare war on Third World countries, allegedly for reasons of international law but in reality for an unjust economic order and against people attempting to claim their right to self-determination like the Kurds. It is the funds from hidden and unknown sources which 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. Will wait & see. Do you remember when she made her base dance, after voting for a bill furthering their exploration. Eleven Labour MPs and Jeremy Corbyn backed a Stop the War campaign . Nadia is the Labour MP for Nottingham East, and a former care worker. First published in March 1986,[73] Socialist Campaign Group News was the monthly magazine of the Campaign Group. Ive just found this on FB. Talk about fiddling while the party burns.. He wrote: Thanks to the intervention of one man who could have avoided his inevitable suspension for denialism and questioning the reports legally enforceable findings, we are discussing him and not the impact on us.. The Nottingham East MP explained: The grounds for Jeremys suspension remain unclear. [52] Ed Miliband went on to win the leadership election. Our dedicated coverage of Labour's policies and personalities, internal debates, selections and elections relies on donations from our readers. 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. Grahame Morris MP Dance! [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. (Monty Pythons). It appears that the UKs four Chief Medical Officershave already concluded Water Fluoridation is safe, citing the footnoted references made in the Policy Paper. Good luck, now let's organise! John Prescott, Ann Clywd and Margaret Beckett were the other deputy leadership contenders.[36]. Enquiry as they were gathering their evidence? Something I am in full agreement with you is, Labour fake left SOG AKA The Squad! [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. Brilliant contribution my friend, cheers. Another complete waste of time and money. [5], The Campaign Group subsequently organised itself around opposition to the direction the party took under the leadership of Kinnock and his successors. It got posted on the next report too. Much was submitted -including some put together by JVL of So there is surely nothing wrong in forming 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.. Party Governance structure which has been 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. The SCG MPs called for the party to unite behind the implementation of the EHRCs recommendations, and stressed the importance of the labour movement coming together to take the fight to the Tories in the face of the pandemic. If you dont care, please let me know why. 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. [56], On 12 September 2015 Corbyn was elected Leader of the Labour Party in a landslide victory, with 59.5% of first-preference votes. IT problems? Well, they seem to be anticipating some funding already, bank account? It doesnt matter. 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!). Our dedicated coverage of Labour's policies and personalities, internal debates, selections and elections relies on donations from our readers. Build bridges with Starmer, secure their careers as Labour MPs as the real left is driven out. The structure and operation of the political system in the US is completely different from that in the UK. Derek James reports on the split in the Socialist Campaign Group and the prospects for the 'insider' strategy. To be fair the victims were remembered in Parliament at 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. In May that year, largely thanks to Unite's new political strategy, a small group of young socialist MPs, including Clive Lewis, Richard Burgon, and Rebecca Long-Bailey, were elected, countering the trend of an ageing and diminishing Parliamentary left. Hes intendng to recite his TenPledges again with his fingers crossed behind his back. https://unitealliance.org/unite-the-union-submission-to-the-forde-inquiry/. Kim Johnson MP 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. Although Blair was able to win these votes with the support of Conservative MPs, 139 Labour MPs voted against his plans for war, one of the largest rebellions ever seen in the Commons. Not a Socialist. Thats a sign of a lightweight. If he turned up, plenty of people would choose to commemorate elsewhere. Absolutely pathetic from a bunch of cowards. 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. Mr Loach announced his exclusion from the party through Twitter on Saturday. Another day, another initiative on the Labour left. pic.twitter.com/qhuovdGVSI, Socialist Campaign Group (@socialistcam) November 4, 2020, Diane Abbott MP It is understood that others were invited to join the group, including Paula Barker, Beth Winter, Nav Mishra and Rachel Hopkins, but ultimately they did not become members and are not currently involved. [68][69] Both were defeated by Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner respectively.[70]. 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. 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Really?! 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. They have cut off their legs. Paula Barker MP [33], During his time as Leader Neil Kinnock moved the Labour party to adopt centrist politics. Labour has been served with an unlawful act notice on the basis of the investigation by the EHRC. LabourList has more readers than ever before - but we need your support. Does he fight injustice? [42], No candidate from the Campaign Group ran in the 1994 leadership election and the group did not endorse a candidate. MPs hostile to Corbyn leaked internal emails to the BBC which showed that Corbyn's team had resisted moves to pursue a more hostile line on immigration and suggested that this was evidence that Corbyn had sought to "sabotage" the remain campaign. The right to life, free from fear, oppression, ignorance, preventable ill-health or poverty. 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. More than 80,000/pa and theyre skimming money from their training budgets (which surely is meant for training) to fund this? [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. 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. 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. [43], No Campaign Group MPs backed Tony Blair, who went on to win the contest. many loyal Party members targeted by the Right. 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. 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. worth while job than fining a few members of the govt when All the rest capitulated to Starmer. Its 17 . But since joining the halls of power, she changed. 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. Better to have them outside the tent pissing in. [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, 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. John Hendy 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. What is the point and what is this going to achieve apart from yet more theatre?. Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP 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. 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. To support the SKWAWKBOX and raise awareness of the independent Left media, visit our store for T-shirts, hoodies and more. The right to receive the best possible medical care, free, and at the moment of need. The latest manufactured 'outrage' of the Board of Deputies and the Jewish Leadership Council concerns Labour MPs Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Diane Abbott. As a clear grouping, it emerged in Parliament from members of the left-wing Tribune Group who did not support Tony Benn's 1981 deputy leadership bid. 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. Peace and Justice Joseph. No further comment is necessary. She was sacked from Cabinet the following year. Loach, a. Katy Clark Gabbard is another one. If youd like to help it keep revealing the news as it is and not what the Establishment wants you to hear and can afford to without hardship pleaseclick hereto arrange a one-off or modest monthly donation via PayPal orhereto set up a monthly donation via GoCardless (SKWAWKBOX will contact you to confirm the GoCardless amount). [36] Benn secured only 11.4% of the vote (17.2% of MPs, 19.6% of CLPs and 0.2% of affiliated unions). be an attempt to form a rival NEC. [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. [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. Some activists have been campaigning for this to end for over 20 years. Claudia Webbe MP 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. 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. To support the SKWAWKBOX and raise awareness of the independent Left media, visit our store for T-shirts, hoodies and more. Thanks for your solidarity so SKWAWKBOX can keep doing its job. 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. 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. The group also plans tactics such as parliamentary actions and stunts including: Using conventional Parliamentary tactics better i.e. [17], Alan Simpson, a member of the Campaign Group during the New Labour years, described it as "the only bolt-hole of real political thought that I found throughout my parliamentary years they were the MPs you would always find on picket lines, at trade union and social movement rallies, on anti-war marches and at the forefront of campaigns to restore rather than exploit the planet. It would be accurate, at least. 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. Diane Abbott is the Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington. John McDonnell, then Chair of the Socialist Campaign Group, argued "Our sincere hope is that the prime minister desists from relying upon a [David] Cameron coalition to force his education policies through in the face of this overwhelming opposition within the parliamentary Labour party. SKWAWKBOX needs your help. It was formed in December 1982 following the 1981 Labour Party deputy leadership election when a number of soft left MPs, led by Neil Kinnock, refused to back Tony Benn's campaign, leading a number of left-wing Benn-supporting MPs to split from the Tribune Group to form the Socialist Campaign Group.[1]. Time will tell. Yesterdays decision to reinstate Jeremy Corbyn to the Labour Party was the correct one and should be implemented across all levels of the party. 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. 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 . [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. For example: is it because Richard Branson who resides in the Virgin Islands and yes, his State pension is frozen? What a vile individual he is ! @socialistcam Tweets Socialist Campaign Group @socialistcam Occasional tweets from the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. Perhaps they could be allowed into a New Left Wing Democratic Socialist Party after a rigorous interview but hey guys its 39k! Flickr photos, groups, and tags related to the "socialistcampaigngroup" Flickr tag. I have tried being nice and also tried shaming them. Richard Burgon MP LISBON, Jan 30 (Reuters) Defying all odds, Portugals centre-left Socialists won an outright parliamentary majority in Sundays snap general election, securing a strong new mandate for Prime Minister Antonio Costa, a champion of balanced public accounts. The Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs on the party's 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. 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. (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 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. [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. Didnt dentists use to push toothpastes full of it for years? 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. Whittome has since posted on social media to say that she missed the meeting and added that she absolutely support the spirit of the statement signed on Wednesday evening by other SCG MPs. 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. He also made it clear that public repudiation of the group would be amply and swiftly rewarded. Why dont you rename your self as the liberal box? Socialist Campaign Group MPs. Never acknowledged by a single Socialist MP on Twitter. 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. Not sure what they are up to but Jeremy Corbyn will be turning up for the fifty years commemoration since thirteen civilians were murdered by Crown forces on the streets of Derry.Fifty years and still no justice for the murders of innocent civilians.Jeremy Corbyn has always been in the right place at the right time to support the victims of British Occupation of partitioned Ireland.God bless him and all peacemakers. People are getting wise to the Establishment liar. 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? Jeremy Corbyn is the MP for Islington North and former leader of the Labour Party. here at ground level we call it playing silly buggers! 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. LabourList has more readers than ever before - but we need your support. An MPs Strategic Coordination Proposal document, obtained by Skwawkbox, says that the groups budget to March of this year will be almost 32,000, with a first year of operations costing 133,000. Despite the scale of the opposition from Labour MPs and campaigners, Harman continued to implement the cuts. to get rid of Starmer I would not blame them for hiding their [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. Clive Lewis MP To raise one glaring error in the section: Evidence of potential harm, the Policy Papers authors state: There have also been some more recent studies reporting associations between exposure to fluoride and adverse developmental neurological effects[.