Left Foot Forward
We have won same-sex marriage. Now we must fight for trans* rights
Yesterday the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill passed its final stage in the House of Lords, making same-sex marriage legal in England and Wales.
Tensions rise again in Northern Ireland
In the heat of July, Northern Ireland has once again witnessed violent clashes following the decision by the Parades Commission to ban Orange Order marchers who took part in the twelfth of July parade to return along parts of the nationalist Ardoyne area of Belfast.
This week’s most read: the Royal Mail, the royal baby, and Simon Danczuk
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
Alistair Darling calls on Better Together to advance positive case for the Union
The head of the Better Together campaign has called on those wanting to keep Scotland within the Union to base their case on a positive platform that extols the virtues of membership.
The Home Office needs to come clean about taser deaths
Greater Manchester police has referred itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) following the death of a young man after attending a call out.
Look left: Ed Miliband and the trade unions, the Royal Mail, and MPs’ pay
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.