At Left Foot Forward, we are making a fundraising appeal - please donate.
Dear reader,
As you may have seen, Left Foot Forward is launching a fundraising appeal this summer. When I started writing, no-one did more to give me a platform to be heard. When the rest of the media turned away, Left Foot Forward listened. I wanted to tell you why I’m supporting the appeal and why I think it’s crucial Left Foot Forward’s evidence-based blogging continues.
A few years ago, I started to campaign against welfare reform. Sick and disabled people are facing a full £9.2 billion of the government’s deficit reduction plan. Campaigners like me had a hard job. No politicians were on our side and the public only heard from a biased, uninformed media.
Left Foot Forward didn’t just publish our articles. They were always there for advice, they introduced us to important contacts, put together the first Welfare fringe at Compass conference and gave us the confidence to take our battle to the next level.
The Spartacus Report would never have happened without the unstinting loyalty and passion of Left Foot Forward’s team and all the others who took no credit. Campaigners are only ever as good as their supporters.
Left Foot Forward is aiming to raise £3,000 this summer so it can gear up this autumn for the government’s return to Westminster and its attempts to cause further harm to Britain’s welfare system.
Left Foot Forward needs every reader to step up, make a small donation today and keep them successful.
There are now scores of readers making small monthly payments to Left Foot Forward and hundreds making small donations every year.
Can you join them and make a one off donation today to help achieve their £3,000 summer fundraising target?
Thanks for your time,
Sue Marsh
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43 Responses to “LFF gave me a platform to be heard”
gordon brown
maybe, but there are actually people who believe like he does. a lot of people on the left feel so sure they are correct that everyone else must be either a troll, shill, plant or member of the 1%.
pure narcissism and inability to reason an argument through.
Patrick
Let’s examine your comments.
1. “You refuse to acknowledge that I address people as individuals.”
Yes. That’s the point for my post. I listed the reasons why I believe that and I was hoping that you would answer my specific points.
2. “You’re the elitist, telling me to shut up”
Nowhere have I told you to shut up.
3. “You can pidgeon-hole me into a box”
Can you quote the part of my post that does that?
Compare my post with the language you’ve used in your post -‘collectivist”, “elitist”, “Stalinist”. These are pigeon-holing terms!
4. “You’re shilling for the 1%”
Oh dear, there’s that 1% again. You still haven’t answered my question as to why you believe that all non-Left voters are part of the 1%.
5. “If people could have a sensible discussion without the trolls you wouldn’t allow it happen.”
On what basis do you make that statement? I think my post was both detailed and courteous. Hardly the action of someone out to sabotage sensible discussion.
6. “You can’t let your enemies have a conversation in peace.”
You’re not my enemy. We both want the same thing: a prosperous country with a decent standard of living for everyone. Where we differ is our views on how to achieve that. Posting my views on here is not trolling. It’s part of a healthy democracy. You could argue that if it weren’t for people posting opposing views on here, there would be no discussion!
Newsbot9
Ah yes, silly word games.
You most certainly ARE my enemy. It’s not even that you follow a creed which is demonstrably crashing the UK economy, so your claims are downright silly, but you’re siding with trolls on here rather than posting on a right wing site.
You’re making up straw men like your ridiculous concepts that everyone’s not left is part of the 1%, or your PERSONAL quisling beliefs…
(No, you keep up with the collectivism)
Newsbot9
Lol. Guido bans people like popcorn. (Even American wingnut libertarian sites are more tolerant)
And I’d suggest a dictionary for definitions.
Newsbot9
You know, given there have been at least three groups of Government-money-paid Tory shills since the election, posting in social media…
(Tory Central office would be one thing, this was public cash!)
And I’m sorry to hear you don’t believe in the moon landings.