many loyal Party members targeted by the Right. I maybe didnt choose the right word. There have been nine Labour Leadership Elections since the formation of the Socialist Campaign Group: 1983, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2020. After all the leader will be handing out front bench appointments for the rest of this Parliament! Another day, another initiative on the Labour left. Rebecca Long-Bailey MP Jeremy Corbyn is the MP for Islington North and former leader of the Labour Party. Ian Byrne MP a fair report? [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]. [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. John Prescott, Ann Clywd and Margaret Beckett were the other deputy leadership contenders.[36]. 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. 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. Does he fight injustice? 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. 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. "[16] Labour Party historian Alex Nunns described how "Left-wing hopefuls, like Christine Shawcroft or Mark Seddon, were stopped at all costs. From the bore whos too ignorant to say one vote fewer! 0s. [50], Corbyn outlined an anti-austerity domestic agenda and an international agenda opposed to military intervention. Kate Osborne MP Dance! 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. Days after berating the West, former shadow minister Richard Burgon, secretary of the hard Left Socialist Campaign Group . the police must have known what was going on at the time. [31][32], Tony Benn could not stand because he was not currently in Parliament at the time, having just lost his seat. Two of our members @RLong_Bailey & @RichardBurgon are running for Leader and Deputy Leader respectively of @UKLabour. Following the 1997 General Election, 7% of Labour MPs were members of the Campaign Group. [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. Devoid of political heavyweights like Right Wing Labour, irrelevant. No further words are needed. Before 2017, the Campaign Group was only open to backbench MPs; this was reformed to allow all Members of Parliament to be members. We are pushing the Labour leadership to do better on its economic approach . Rosie Duffield about to leave Labour according to Guardian website. Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP Grahame Morris MP This is either going down with a fight OR the beginning of a super, socially relevant and economically radical, a democratic socialist rebirth. [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. It doesnt matter. [43][44], In 2007 only 24 of 353 Labour MPs were members of the Socialist Campaign Group and party rules required nominations from 45 MPs (12.5% of the Parliamentary Labour Party) to make it onto the ballot paper. There must have been terabytes of digital files landing in Fordes They will not rest until the Labour Party has been purged of all traces of socialism. that the group hopes to persuade to part with cash to achieve an alliance between GND [green new deal] and new/progressive economics. Since theyve mostly BEEN members of the SCG, who have gone very quiet since Starmer, I wouldnt get your hopes up. 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. However, the evidence does not support this and various authoritative expert evaluations from different international organisations all agree that there is no convincing evidence that fluoride in drinking water at levels used in fluoridation schemes or at concentrations below the regulatory drinking water limit is harmful to general health.. Ian Byrne MP Diane Abbott is the Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington. But Its not very polite. "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 Christine Blower to get rid of Starmer I would not blame them for hiding their 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. [54] Margaret Beckett was one of those who nominated Corbyn despite disagreeing with him, and later described herself as a "moron" for doing so. London: Macmillan. Distasteful might have been better. Does that feel wrong to anybody else, or is it just me? [2] Corbyn was immediately nominated by Campaign Group MPs including John McDonnell (who became chair of his campaign), Diane Abbott, Ronnie Campbell, Kelvin Hopkins, Michael Meacher, Dennis Skinner, Richard Burgon, Clive Lewis and Cat Smith. [10], Only 15 Labour MPs supported the Anti Poll Tax Federation. 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. To support the SKWAWKBOX and raise awareness of the independent Left media, visit our store for T-shirts, hoodies and more. The site is provided free of charge but depends on the support of its readers to be viable. 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. Reiterating that Corbyns EHRC reaction undermined Labours ability to tackle antisemitism, the leader said: I have taken the decision not to restore the whip to Jeremy Corbyn. [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. Is not Starmer doing both with HQ staff? The Campaign Group backed Eric Heffer and Michael Meacher in their unsuccessful bids for the leadership and deputy leadership in 1983. worth while job than fining a few members of the govt when 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. 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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. The BBC's Adam Fleming revealed that the Socialist Campaign Group - a . Get your popcorn in. "Campaign Group" redirects here. I followed her campaign. In the US, a relatively small group in the Senate/HoR can exert significant pressure, particularly when their party holds the presidency and has a tenuous hold on the two houses. He doesnt care coz hes well minted and it doesnt affect his life. Clive Lewis MP Hopefully on the right side of history. Take AOC. Patrick Seyd, The Rise and Fall of the Labour Left (1987), p. 223. The right to life, free from fear, oppression, ignorance, preventable ill-health or poverty. They signed StopTheWar letter. Steering the right of a nominally leftwing party to the left sounds familier, Bernie Sanders with the Dumbocrats. 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. 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. He also made it clear that public repudiation of the group would be amply and swiftly rewarded. 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. Blair ally Patricia Hewitt was alleged to have described the rebellion as a "conspiracy organised by the Socialist Campaign Group"[20]. [9] Members of the Socialist Campaign Group also led a "direct action protest" in the House of Commons by refusing to sit down in order to force a debate on the strike. 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. PS this is not a invitation to f and blind..! Socialist Campaign Group MPs are doubtful that a candidate could secure the 40 MP nominations required to stand against an incumbent leader. This seems like a document which was submitted to the Forde ?why the games up..!Thanks Nemtona but it was not the sort of breakfast reading that can be stomoched especially as my money was used to destroy a decent man too too good for this fascist Labour party.Jeremy Corbyn and the hopes and dreams of millions of working class people. I have tried highlighting the injustice of the 550,000 British overseas pensioners who have been shafted by successive governments. [56], On 12 September 2015 Corbyn was elected Leader of the Labour Party in a landslide victory, with 59.5% of first-preference votes. [36], Following this election the party rules were changed to quadruple the number of MPs required to nominate a candidate to launch a leadership challenge from 5% to 20% (lowered in 1993 to 12.5% for elections where the incumbent had resigned). Co-Chair of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. Paula Barker MP While Corbyn was party leader, from 2015 to 2019, Socialist Campaign Group activity reduced as many members joined the shadow cabinet. We all know what they must do, a new party and fuck this neoliberal shitshow Labour party. "[26], With Tory support, the reforms were eventually passed by 422 to 98 votes. ..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. People Before Profit With Britain passing the horrific milestone of 100,000 Covid deaths this week, members of the Socialist Campaign Group have called on the Government to adopt the Zero Covid strategy that has effectively eliminated the virus in many Pacific and East Asian countries. pic.twitter.com/qhuovdGVSI, Socialist Campaign Group (@socialistcam) November 4, 2020, Diane Abbott MP 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. 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. Everything changed in 2015. [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. 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. 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. Some activists have been campaigning for this to end for over 20 years. They couldnt give a fuck. 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. Fluoride is used in the corrosive etching process. Just wonder if this is the prelude to a leadership bid by at least a couple of them. Kay Clark But ask how she got her rank without the 15 years service? The Knights Who Say Kni? 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[. If you wish to receive more information, fill in the form below. Nadia Whittome MP Why would you follow AOC FGS? 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". Better to have them outside the tent pissing in. Andy Fantasy politics : A new party led by Howard Beckett(?) for hiding their real motives. 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. Claudia Webbe MP Socialist Campaign Group MPs. 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. Just saying !! Mick Whitley MP All of them Fake Left absolutely sickening! I can tell you what Madelson should do. [61] Anti-Corbyn MPs had been briefing the media "for months to expect movement against Corbyn on 24 June",[62] suggesting that the opposition to Corbyn was not primarily motivated by his actions during the referendum. Defy billionaire-backed media and become a monthly supporter from just 1 per month. If you wish to republish this post for non-commercial use, you are welcome to do so seeherefor more. Especially when they get paid 80k a year with a generous expense account and a good pension. Corrupt or corrupted? Our dedicated coverage of Labour's policies and personalities, internal debates, selections and elections relies on donations from our readers. Much was submitted -including some put together by JVL of With you on that too. Gabbard is another one. With everyone concentrating on just surviving the Tory government then its good that you continue to highlight a silent poison flouride in water.IF there was any benefit from adding flouride to fresh water without any problems then we and Cafod would have done so years ago when providing free clean water from boreholes in the third world countries.,.I am retired but not de..commisioned and will continue in a small way to defend ordinary people especially the working-class who are invisible to the authorities across the world. 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. Not sure what they are up to but Those MPs who did support Benn quit to form the Socialist Campaign Group, and the Tribune Group soon descended into a fan club for Kinnock's leadership before becoming defunct in the 1990s. Our regular supporters fuel everything we do. [9], Tony Blair enthusiastically carried on Kinnock's attempts to "delegitimise the left". Today we agreed at our meeting to support our comrades in their candidature. Party Governance structure which has been Not at all, I thought it was important enough to post it more than once. 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. Organisation [ edit] Rebecca Long-Bailey is MP for Salford and Eccles and former Shadow Secretary of State for Education. It is the funds from hidden and unknown sources which Among its planned funding streams are a levy of 1,000 per MP to be taken from their training budgets and contributions from who set such a brilliant example of pretending to be one thing The right of everyone to receive an income sufficient to maintain a decent standard of living. He told The Times newspaper "I am here today because thousands of people who elected me just cannot afford to pay. Liberals, set up liberal thing. In 2010 nominations from 33 MPs (12.5% of the Parliamentary Labour Party) were required to make it onto the ballot paper. LabourList has more readers than ever before - but we need your support. Sam Green is a Labour Party member, mental health campaigner and co-secretary of Labour Against Racism and Fascism. [40], John Smith won the electoral college vote against Gould with 91% of the vote. Brilliant contribution my friend, cheers. This reduced the previous weighting in favour of MPs and Trade Unions. I often buy WD40 not as a lubricant, but to remove silicone sealant from around my shower/sink etc. 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. preparing the ground for a breakaway party (otherwise why the staff and funding?) 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Can that be possible thats an issue to consider when instigating a new organisational and legal and financial structure?? 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. [9], In 2005, Blair's government announced plans to encourage every school to become an independent self-governing trust. [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. 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!). 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. Build bridges with Starmer, secure their careers as Labour MPs as the real left is driven out. Well Ill give this group time. In light of this, the decision to not restore the whip to Jeremy Corbyn is wrong and damaging to the Labour Party. News, politics, insights, inside information from the left. 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. 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. 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. The latest manufactured 'outrage' of the Board of Deputies and the Jewish Leadership Council concerns Labour MPs Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Diane Abbott. 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. Get the blasters out and dance workers, dance. to see this bullshit! [42], No candidate from the Campaign Group ran in the 1994 leadership election and the group did not endorse a candidate. Despite beating both Andy Burnham and Ed Balls in total number of first preference votes cast (35,259 individual first preferences for Abbott compared to 28,772 for Burnham and 34,489 for Balls),[51] Abbott was eliminated in the first round of voting, as she received fewer votes from MPs. 13 May 2020. [21], The Stop the War Coalition was founded in the weeks following 9/11, when George W. Bush announced the "War on terror", and has since campaigned to oppose and end the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and elsewhere. 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. We all kow what they should be doing is planning a new party. All the rest capitulated to Starmer. "[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. SKWAWKBOX needs your help. Just reading a cracking book, Why We Cant Afford The Rich by Andrew Sayer. 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. [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. 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. Labour has been served with an unlawful act notice on the basis of the investigation by the EHRC. "[12], The scale of public opposition in both polls and in the streets have been identified as one of the key causes of the end of Thatcher's premiership.[13]. Richard Burgon is the Labour Party MP for Leeds East and member of the Socialist Campaign Group. One member of the group, when approached by Skwawkbox for comment, denied that the new group represented a split from the SCG. Time will tell. Former Shadow Home Secretary. I think they are career politicians. More than 80,000/pa and theyre skimming money from their training budgets (which surely is meant for training) to fund this? Ian Lavery MP [9], In 1989 Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Government announced plans to introduce a flat-tax to fund local Government. 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.