Left Foot Forward
The coalition’s sublime deceit in seeking to avoid blame for council cuts
This morning, Mark Wallace of the TaxPayers' Alliance, writing on the ConservativeHome website, accused the Labour leader of Lambeth council of "frightening people" about cuts to essential services; here, Steve Reed responds to these criticisms, and explains just who is to blame for the cuts.
Racial slur ‘climategate’ blogger loses Press Complaints Commission cases
Richard North, the influential right wing blogger who was exposed by Left Foot Forward last week for making racist comments on his blog, has lost two cases he brought before the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) about the reporting of climate change in The Sunday Times and The Guardian. North was at the forefront of briefing, and even writing in, mainstream media during the controversy earlier this year about climate science.
Hit anti-cuts song to battle X Factor winner for Christmas No. 1
Wagner's dreams of snow-capped glory may have gone up in smoke yesterday, but there's still hope for those hoping to stick it to Simon Cowell - and do the same to the Clegg-eron coalition over their savage cuts agenda. Captain SKA's hit video "Liar Liar" - featured on Left Foot Forward ten days ago - will go for Christmas gold against whoever wins the X Factor, going on sale from December 12th.
Look Left – Education cuts, education cuts, education cuts…
Education cuts dominated Westminster this week; cuts to school sport, cuts to higher education, cuts to Educational Maintenance Allowances, reports Shamik Das.
Who runs the Tory party – Cameron or his rich donors?
Comparing the funding of the Tories by one rich man to Labour's contributions from the unions whose funding comes from the contributions its 2 million members.
Guido risks joining Glenn Beck with his obsession with the Fabians
Eugenics simply isn't part of legitimate political discourse, and modern Fabians don't believe in it, writes Fabian Society General Secretary Sunder Katwala.