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Absolutely pathetic from a bunch of cowards. He should be reinstated as soon as possible so we can focus on implementing the EHRC recommendations., Statement following tonights meeting of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. 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. A distraction (give the impression something might change and get people waste time, energy and money into something going nowhere)? Instead, we now face chaos and division.. "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 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. 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. 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. One less vote..Where have we heard that before? Peter Barberis, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley. Why dont you rename your self as the liberal box? Ian Lavery MP Another day, another initiative on the Labour left. The Centre-Left was an elitist alliance between parliamentary supporters of former Labor leader Bill Hayden (who had resigned in favor of Bob Hawke) and smaller state party officials who feared the move away from equal state representation at National Conferences would lead to a loss of influence. 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. Margaret Beckett described this change as "unprecedented". [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. But thats all the SCG ever seems to do, talk about anything but the matter that counts, the pointlessness of staying in the Starmer party. 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. First published in March 1986,[73] Socialist Campaign Group News was the monthly magazine of the Campaign Group. Not sure why they would set up a new group though ..? A younf Socialist female bame leader would be the lightening rod for progressives across the country Signed (32 names) MS by Michael Segalov,. However, Margaret Beckett, who had been a member of the Campaign Group until 1988, was nominated by 18 Campaign Group MPs, with 5 nominating John Prescott. More than 80,000/pa and theyre skimming money from their training budgets (which surely is meant for training) to fund this? 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.. Our regular supporters fuel everything we do. Kim Johnson MP Claiming there is widespread "anger and. Today we agreed at our meeting to support our comrades in their candidature. Corbyn was in court alongside 16 other Islington residents all opposing the levy on grounds other than inability to pay. that the group hopes to persuade to part with cash to achieve an alliance between GND [green new deal] and new/progressive economics. It is not for moving. 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. Katy Clark This reduced the previous weighting in favour of MPs and Trade Unions. Among its planned funding streams are a levy of 1,000 per MP to be taken from their training budgets and contributions from. [2], Both John McDonnell, then Chair of the Campaign Group, and Michael Meacher, a member of the Campaign Group, sought nominations to run against Gordon Brown. 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. Is this: Can I ask you why you think hes a Socialist? with Corbyn as honorary President would be a more exciting development. But Its not very polite. We need a new Left Wing Democratic Socialist Army with courage and vision! [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. Delusional is a serious mental illness and shouldnt be funded by sane people when this lot will be unemployed in eighteen months time.. The injustice against the Palestinian people is intensifying. So there is surely nothing wrong in forming Rachel Hopkins MP 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. 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. If you dont care, please let me know why. Nadia is the Labour MP for Nottingham East, and a former care worker. Ive just found this on FB. 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'. is suspicious. 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[. [10], Only 15 Labour MPs supported the Anti Poll Tax Federation. Hes intendng to recite his TenPledges again with his fingers crossed behind his back. [67] Campaign Group members Rebecca Long-Bailey and Richard Burgon ran for leader and deputy leader of the Labour Party respectively. Tahir Ali MP The vote was called in November after Costas hard-left former Communist and Left Bloc allies joined the right in striking down his minority governments budget. As soon as it became clear that John Smith was the front runner, more and more MPs simply jumped on his bandwagon. One member of the group told Skwawkbox that setting it up did not constitute a split of the the existing left MPs group, but did not respond when asked to confirm that this meant there was no intention to leave the SCG. the beginning of PMQ. On Monday evening, MPs from the Socialist Campaign Group (SCG) issued a statement through Twitter denouncing the government's coronavirus policy as "class war.". The latest manufactured 'outrage' of the Board of Deputies and the Jewish Leadership Council concerns Labour MPs Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Diane Abbott. Corrupt or corrupted? Labour has been served with an unlawful act notice on the basis of the investigation by the EHRC. The UK is completely different so any such group in the UK would, just like the SCG, be largely a talking shop. Ian Byrne MP 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. If anything. Hes the proverbial waste of space as leader of Labour. Yes, Starmers turning up to commemorate the 13 citizens murdered by the British Estalishment. 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. The Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs around Corbyn finally, in August, announced its support for a Zero-Covid policy, but its statement was careful to make clear that the measures proposed . In light of this, the decision to not restore the whip to Jeremy Corbyn is wrong and damaging to the Labour Party. 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. Take AOC. Mick Whitley MP Fingers crossed ..like many I would like to see the While Corbyn was party leader, from 2015 to 2019, Socialist Campaign Group activity reduced as many members joined the shadow cabinet. The site is provided free of charge but depends on the support of its readers to be viable. 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. Tahir Ali MP [33], During his time as Leader Neil Kinnock moved the Labour party to adopt centrist politics. Socialist Campaign Group Privacy Policy Socialist Campaign Group Thank you for signing up Who we are Home Thank you for signing up Thank you for signing up Thank you for signing up to get updates about the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. https://endfrozenpensions.org/ As the deadline for nominations approached it started to look as though all other candidates would be excluded not only Livingstone and Grant but also Ann Clwyd, Bryan Gould and John Prescott."[40]. Whats the name of this new group of 12? 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.. 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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. 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. It got posted on the next report too. In 2010 nominations from 33 MPs (12.5% of the Parliamentary Labour Party) were required to make it onto the ballot paper. For example: is it because Richard Branson who resides in the Virgin Islands and yes, his State pension is frozen? This is either going down with a fight OR the beginning of a super, socially relevant and economically radical, a democratic socialist rebirth. The right to a good home for all in which to live, bring up children and care for all dependents. 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 . 13 May 2020. Something I am in full agreement with you is, Labour fake left SOG AKA The Squad! 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. 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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. Navendu Mishra MP 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! Nadia Whittome MP While all around you crumbles to dust. Why would you follow AOC FGS? In October, the Socialist Campaign Group produced a pamphlet called "Winning the Future", which proposed solutions to the COVID-19 crisis.[30]. The paper published articles by Campaign Group MPs alongside left wing Labour Party activists and trade unionists. Howls of laughter ensue. Fair weather socialists (?) 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. 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. Time will tell. News, politics, insights, inside information from the left. News, politics, insights, inside information from the left. [54] Margaret Beckett was one of those who nominated Corbyn despite disagreeing with him, and later described herself as a "moron" for doing so. Mary Foy MP Thats a sign of a lightweight. History is with the science. So, these MPs and MSP are going to fund this, in part, with 1000 payments from their training budget? Zarah Sultana MP [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 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. 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.". [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. 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. The Nottingham East MP explained: The grounds for Jeremys suspension remain unclear. 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. 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. It is the funds from hidden and unknown sources which It was at a meeting of the Campaign Group in June 2015 that the decision was taken that Jeremy Corbyn would contest for the leadership of the Labour Party. Better to have them outside the tent pissing in. Below is the full text of the Socialist Campaign Group statement and its signatories. Richard Burgon MP Kate Osborne MP Among its planned funding streams are a levy of 1,000 per MP to be taken from their training budgets and contributions from [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. Hiow long befoe it is proscribed by Starmer? Didnt dentists use to push toothpastes full of it for years? [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. Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP 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. "[16] Labour Party historian Alex Nunns described how "Left-wing hopefuls, like Christine Shawcroft or Mark Seddon, were stopped at all costs. [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]. Kudos for that. I wont give up. But since joining the halls of power, she changed. I think they are career politicians. 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 . Brilliant contribution my friend, cheers. 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 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. Abbott secured the first-preference votes of 7 MPs: Diane Abbott, Katy Clark, Jeremy Corbyn, Kelvin Hopkins, John McDonnell, Linda Riordan and Mike Wood. Claudia Webbe MP Only kidding. Starmer announced on Wednesday morning that he would not restore the party whip, however, due he said to Corbyns response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission report on Labour antisemitism. 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. 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. Steering the right of a nominally leftwing party to the left sounds familier, Bernie Sanders with the Dumbocrats. Just read that report by unite on Ford report.First thoughts is how can anyone remain in a party of criminals that stole members money to pay staff to divert money and destroy Jeremy Corbyn and a socialist government in waiting..The hatred and bile can be understood especially when dealing with fascists now in charge and out of control.The part that Mcnicol played as G Secretary was the fulcrum for criminal behaviour and in any other party the Police would be called in..This I cant understand.ITs all too late and they know it with just token resistance from a minority who stay and ?keep feeding the parasites infesting the Labour party. My grandfather was apprenticed to be a plumber before he joined the colours and went off to the Somme. many loyal Party members targeted by the Right. [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. real motives. [citation needed]. 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. Does he fight injustice? 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.