Our most read stories on Left Foot Forward in October
Here’s what LFF readers have been sharing this month.
BREAKING: Hopes for a ‘progressive alliance’ just got quite the kicking
Labour rules out ANY electoral pacts during or after the General Election.
This must be the ‘climate crisis election’, activists say
“This General Election must be a climate election – and the choice is stark.”
Student leaders warn against December election
Could an end-of-year ballot hit student turnout?
UK McDonald’s workers are going back on strike
Workers are fighting for £15 an hour and union recognition, among other demands.
A selection of the times Boris Johnson lied in PMQs
And of course, this isn’t the first time
Case for fracking destroyed by public spending watchdog
Is this the end of the road for the shale gas industry?
EXCLUSIVE: Extinction Rebellion supporters voted ‘overwhelmingly’ against tube shutdown going ahead
But the nature of organising in XR meant that ‘autonomous’ groups could go ahead and do it anyway. Cue public backlash.
Court documents submitted to challenge ‘blanket ban’ on Extinction Rebellion protests
Lawyers for XR say the ban is a ‘disproportionate and unprecedented curtailment of the right to free speech and free assembly’.
EXCLUSIVE: Scale of Extinction Rebellion’s fundraising effort revealed
The Climate protest group has broken previous fundraising records.