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Leaked documents show Corbyn rejected YP exec’s unanimous no-confidence vote

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:16 July 2026
Post last modified:16 July 2026

On 13 July, Skwawkbox revealed that members of Your Party’s elected executive (CEC) had voted no confidence in three leading CEC figures. The vote was driven by the CEC chair’s suspension of three well-known activists from the CEC for attending a socialist event. Early reports suggested the vote had fallen short of the required two-thirds to remove the officials. But Skwawkbox can now confirm that in fact they were near-unanimous. However, both chair Jenn Forbes and party leader Jeremy Corbyn have refused to implement it. Procedural excuses The CEC meeting was quorate — it had the numbers required to be official.…

In a show of commitment to ceasefire, Hamas announces dissolution of its civilian governing body in Gaza

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:8 July 2026
Post last modified:9 July 2026

The Islamic Resistance Movement, also known as Hamas, has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007, following its takeover from the Palestinian Authority. Over the years, Hamas has established a range of governmental institutions responsible for providing public services, maintaining internal security and coordinating emergency responses during periods of conflict. Hamas has dissolved its civilian governing body in Gaza Among these institutions was the Government Emergency Committee. This has played a central role in coordinating humanitarian assistance, restoring essential services, managing civil defence efforts and supporting government ministries during times of crisis. The committee was intended to ensure continuity of governance and aid…

Deal or No Deal and the British love affair with the game show format

Post author:Nathan Spears
Post published:6 July 2026
Post last modified:6 July 2026

Britain has a long tradition of television game shows, with formats that have remained part of popular culture for decades. Programmes such as Play Your Cards Right, Blankety Blank, The Generation Game, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Deal or No Deal have become well-known references in the history of British television. Many of these productions combined simple rules with studio audiences, presenters and carefully structured moments of suspense. Although television consumption has changed significantly over time, these formats continue to influence the design of other forms of digital entertainment. A television tradition that has endured Game shows have occupied…

Reform MPs show lack of humility yet again blaming Starmer for their own inability to win seat

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:19 June 2026
Post last modified:19 June 2026

Reform MP-hopeful Robert Kenyon lost in the Makerfield by-election by over 9,000 votes, which is likely to have left the far-right party feeling pretty sore. However, most who face such a defeat would look to where they didn’t hit the mark with voters — but not grievance-fueling Reform UK whose MPs and leader have come out blaming Starmer’s abysmal leadership for why they didn’t win enough votes to secure the seat. The bigoted party’s deputy leader came first, with Richard Tice telling the BBC that people who actually wanted to vote Reform wound up voting for Labour ‘because they had to’.…

Belfast pogroms show loyalism is ideal vanguard of a future brownshirt Britain

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:13 June 2026
Post last modified:13 June 2026

By now, there has been extensive coverage of the fact that the Belfast pogroms took place almost entirely in loyalist areas. This should surprise no one. Loyalism has always been an exclusivist ideology, predicated on the notion that one population deserves to dominate another that is dismissed as less deserving. Historically of course, this viewpoint dictated that Protestants must be allowed to lord it over Catholics. However, violent sectarianism has largely faded in the north of Ireland, following 1998’s Good Friday Agreement. Instead, loyalism has now applied to immigrants, people of colour and Muslims the bigoted mindset it incubated over centuries.…