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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
Today

Our readership continues to grow but none of this would’ve been possible without readers and donors. We need your support now more than ever, with the rise of the right, as progressives we must continue to fight back against regressive policies and ideas.

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LFF is closed over the Christmas holidays

Basit Mahmood
Today

We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left.

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Former Tory minister calls Liz Truss a ‘bitter, toxic nut’ after reports she wants to set up her own social media company

Basit Mahmood
17 April, 2025

‘I hope she stays in America’

Nigel Farage Reform UK manifesto
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Nigel Farage mocked for claiming he understands steelworkers as he worked in “metals business”

Olivia Barber
17 April, 2025

“You couldn’t make it up. Such a fraud.”

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Harvard stands up to Trump and wins praise from Obama for doing so

Basit Mahmood
17 April, 2025

No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private  universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”

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Reform UK’s Runcorn candidate hit with misconduct finding during time as magistrate

Olivia Barber
17 April, 2025

Sarah Pochin was found to have used her magistrate position to influence the views of her colleagues in a political context

EU
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Majority of Britons would rather have the EU as a close trading partner than US

Basit Mahmood
17 April, 2025

With a protectionist President in the White House, it seems the British public would rather prefer closer trading ties with the EU.

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BBC criticised for giving ‘extremist’ Douglas Murray an 8-minute interview on prime-time TV

Olivia Barber
17 April, 2025

“Imagine just for a moment, Nick, being one of the millions of British Muslims, law-abiding British Muslims, watching him say those things.”

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Voters shocked by how much Nigel Farage loves Donald Trump

Olivia Barber
16 April, 2025

“I thought he’d got a bit more sense than that.”

Bin strike
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Unite warns Birmingham bin strikes could spread to other councils

Basit Mahmood
16 April, 2025

‘That’s why different political choices need to be made’

Tommy Robinson
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Tommy Robinson loses Court of Appeal challenge against prison sentence

Basit Mahmood
16 April, 2025

Barristers for the Solicitor General, who opposes the appeal, said there are “no grounds” for reducing the sentence.

Nigel Farage
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Teaching union pledges funds to campaign against Reform UK candidates

Olivia Barber
16 April, 2025

“This is what Nigel Farage is: he’s a poundshop Donald Trump.”

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