Left Foot Forward
Labour’s shrinking C2 and DE vote
In his Fabian Essay, reported in this morning's Guardian, Ed Miliband has written that the loss of less-affluent voters cost Labour the general election, and said that his rejection of "New Labour nostalgia" made him the modernising candidate in the leadership election.
Joss Garman’s top five most influential left wingers
Here are five people Joss Garman thinks should appear in Left Foot Forward’s list of the fifty most influential lefties in Britain.
Uncertainty over DfID commitment on aid effectiveness
Yesterday we reported on the leaked DfID documents outlining up to 100 projects that may be scrapped, as part of their crusade on 'output' based aid; now there is confusion over whether a key commitment on aid effectiveness has been scrapped or not.
Who are the most influential left wingers of 2010?
We are compiling a list of the top 50 most influential left wing thinkers of 2010 – politicians, journalists, bloggers, think tankers, academics, campaigners – and we need your input; please email me - [email protected] - with your suggestions.
Raab to face the wrath of Dale?
Tory blogger Iain Dale was spitting blood yesterday over the tactics of lobby groups like 38 Degrees in the wake of Raab-gate, yet today it has emerged that Tory MPs - including Raab - have been engaged in precisely the same practice he and Dale both abhor: cloning the same email in replies to constituents.
How will the world respond to the latest climate tragedy?
Yesterday The Observer reported that it had received an email confirming that only eight of Labour’s 100 commitments are to […]