Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate

Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
  • Home
  • Donate
  • Sign up
  • Right-Wing Watch
  • Reform Watch
  • Columnists
  • About
    • About LFF
    • Write for LFF
    • Advertise with LFF
    • Our complaints policy
    • Privacy
  1. Trending
  2. Labour
  3. Brexit
  4. EU
  5. Reform UK

Thank you for supporting independent media

We’re so grateful for your donation and will make sure your money goes as far as possible

Spread the word about us:

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter
By clicking 'Sign me up' you confirm that you have read and agree to our privacy policy.
Avatar photo

Basit Mahmood

Andy Burnham
News

Number 10 says Andy Burnham was told in advance he would be rejected as Labour by-election candidate

Basit Mahmood
27 January, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

No 10 “therefore interpret his application as an explicit attempt to destabilise Starmer and sow dissent, rather than – which he claims – see off the threat from Reform”

Reform UK
News

Reform councillors condemned over posts backing ICE officers in U.S. after fatal shooting

Basit Mahmood
27 January, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

Pretti’s family have hit out at the ‘sickening lies told about our son by the Trump administration’.

News

Suella Braverman brutally mocked after defecting to Reform UK

Basit Mahmood
26 January, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

In the least surprising defection ever…

Andy Burnham
News

How Labour MPs have reacted to Andy Burnham being blocked

Basit Mahmood
26 January, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

It’s resulted in a mixed reaction…

Trump
News

MPs across the political spectrum condemn Trump’s claims about NATO troops

Basit Mahmood
23 January, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

“The president was wrong to diminish the role of Nato troops, including British forces in Afghanistan”

Farage
News

Nigel Farage’s support for Trump is putting off voters

Basit Mahmood
23 January, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

“He might just be [Trump’s] whipping boy. That kind of concerns me”

Andy Burnham
News

Ex-Labour minister ‘will step down as MP’ with Andy Burnham predicted to run in by-election

Basit Mahmood
22 January, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

Labour Party sources have also expressed concern about the implications of any contest for the Greater Manchester Mayorality, with costs expected to run into hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Sarah Pochin speaking at the Christians for Reform launch
News

Reform MP Sarah Pochin sides with Trump on Greenland dispute

Basit Mahmood
22 January, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

It just goes to show that rather than standing up for democracy and the right of self-determination, Reform would be more than happy to trash international law and order.

Nigel Farage has been criticised over his Glasgow schoolchildren comments
News

Reform slumps in latest poll after Jenrick defection

Basit Mahmood
22 January, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

While Farage may have tried to portray himself as an insurgent against the status quo, Reform is now increasingly seen as a refuge for Tory politicians who voters have already rejected.

Ed Miliband talking on LBC
News

Ed Miliband admits ‘situation has changed’ between UK and US after Greenland disagreement

Basit Mahmood
21 January, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

In an extraordinary speech at Davos, Trump stepped up his claims to Greenland however ruled out using force.

  • ← Older posts
  • Newer posts →
By clicking 'Sign me up' you confirm that you have read and agree to our privacy policy.