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🗞️ Latest from https://leftfootforward.org/
🟥 Refreshingly 'Not Right Wing' news.• LFF Live: How do we clean up politics? With the Good Law Project.
• Jon Trickett MP: The Mandelson vetting scandal exposes something much deeper about how the government is run.
• Anas Sarwar roasts Reform UK on Question Time.
• What would a good night look like for the Greens at the 2026 elections?.
• NEU slams Reform UK’s flags in schools policy as a ‘gimmick’.
• Disgraceful Reform UK candidate described Nazis as ‘real visionaries’.
• Reform UK forced to expel candidate over BNP ties.
• Sadiq Khan says it would be ‘folly’ for Keir Starmer to be replaced this this year.
• How can we reach Reform voters in a fractured Britain?.
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#SHEFFIELD: #ReformUK's #NathanielMenday, #nazi sympathiser ( calls himself an 'ethno-nationalist) 🙄 Just say 'nazi' and call it a day!
Disgraceful Reform UK candidate described Nazis as ‘real visionaries’ -
#LeftFootForward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
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🗞️ Latest from https://leftfootforward.org/
🟥 Refreshingly 'Not Right Wing' news.• Trussell urges for long-term government action, as food bank use almost 50% higher since 2019.
• West Yorkshire makes the case: Mayor Tracy Brabin calls for a rethink on Brexit to unlock regional growth.
• Britain is sliding towards billionaire politics: Is Labour too timid to stop it?.
• “Has the penny dropped?” Lee Anderson’s climate denial tweet sparks ridicule.
• New research reveals what the public really thinks about net-zero.
• Is the Britain on the path to barbarism?.
• Reform candidate for Scottish Parliament said Humza Yousaf is ‘not British’.
• Attorney General compares Tories to Tommy Robinson over public prayer comments.
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#LeftFootForward | Why austerity is a political choice not an economic necessity
"Progressive taxation, equitable distribution of income and wealth did not get any mention in the Chancellor’s statement. No steps have been taken to reduce billions of subsidies handed to banks, oil, gas, auto, steel, internet and other companies. A relentless squeeze of the less well-off won’t help with rejuvenation of the economy. "
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/03/why-austerity-is-a-political-choice-not-an-economic-necessity/
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UK's first past the post voting system isn't working.
There's growing support for PR#LeftFootForward #UKVotingReform #ProportionalRepresentation #PR #MakeVotesMatter
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#LeftFootForward | This is how every MP voted on the call for a ceasefire in #Gaza
Those few who voted for a call for ceasefire
Those many who voted against it
Those almost as many who abstained
https://leftfootforward.org/2023/11/this-is-how-every-mp-voted-on-the-call-for-a-ceasefire-in-gaza/
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#LeftFootForward | New study shows UK voters believe politicians exploit culture wars to win support
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The far left believe that #LeftFootForward can compete with the Murdoch machine.
You have to ride the punches, not take them full on in the face, believing a haymaker won't spark you cold out, as #Corbyn & the far left found out in 2019. 🤷🏾♂️
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"Why the left needs to set out the case for climate optimism" | Thoughtful commentary by Grace Pengelly for #LeftFootForward: https://leftfootforward.org/2022/11/why-the-left-needs-to-set-out-the-case-for-climate-optimism/
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Prem Sikka: The grip of big money continues to tighten over UK politics and the country is sinking
'We can have either democracy and public accountability or rampant corporate power concentrated in the hands of a few business executives, but not both.'
#LeftFootForward #ukpolitics
#democracy #bigmoney #WorkersRights #NHS #welfarestate #economy #gtto #GeneralElectionNOW