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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

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Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

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John Major is right – but the problem isn’t only private schools

James Bloodworth
11 November, 2013

John Major is right to talk about the dominance of ex-private school pupils in public life. The problem is bigger than that, though.

Did cowardly Cameron chicken out over plebgate?

Giselle Green
11 November, 2013

David Cameron was prepared to sacrifice a cabinet minister rather than face down the police.

Convicted in Bangladesh – what it means in the UK

Martin Bright
9 November, 2013

This week one of Britain’s most prominent Muslim leaders was found guilty of war crimes during Bangladesh’s war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.

West Papua – the forgotten occupation

Tom Tyler
9 November, 2013

The Indonesian government has taken several highly controversial measures to quash autonomist sentiments.

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9 November, 2013

The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.

We used to fear inflation: deflation is a much bigger threat

Richard Murphy
8 November, 2013

The threat from deflation has been a regular theme for discussion amongst the economists linked to the Green New Deal group over the last few years and rightly so.

Could 2015 be the living wage election?

James Bloodworth
8 November, 2013

How Britain fares internationally when it comes to low wages.

The coalition effect: Lib Dems receive just 18 votes in council byelection

James Bloodworth
8 November, 2013

The Liberal Democrats have received just 15 votes in a council byelection in the Kingswood ward in Corby after the sitting councillor stepped down due to health problems.

Challenging Tory attacks on education can boost Labour’s support

Shelly Asquith
8 November, 2013

It is by offering a progressive economic alternative to austerity that Labour can best reach out to a broad coalition of voters.

Union member privacy is still under threat from the lobbying bill

Nigel Stanley
7 November, 2013

The only conclusion is that this part has a hidden agenda to do with union affiliation to the Labour Party.

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