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Jos Bell writes on the progress of the Save Lewisham Hospital campaign and the continued ignorance of Messrs Hunt and Kershaw.

Sir Alex Ferguson has accused SNP leader Alex Salmond of trying to “silence” the 800,000 Scots living in the rest of the United Kingdom.

Marine Le Pen’s Front National barred press organisation AFP from their conference in Nanterre.

Carl Packman looks at how David Cameron fits into the compassionate Conservative mould the Tory leader claims to hold to so dearly.

Symon Hill, associate director of Ekklesia, looks at exactly where we are in the campaign for equal marriage.

The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.

Stephen Beer, political communications officer of the Christian Socialist Movement, looks at what the 2011 Census tells us about faith, society and politics.

What is the Iranian threat? Daniel Wickham looks at the validity of Israel’s fear of Iran, the possibility of nuclear weapons and the parallels with Iraq.

The Michigan state legislature this week signed controversial ‘right to work’ proposals into law, banning agreements that force workers to pay union dues.

Ed Miliband’s speech on immigration and integration today talks about real policy issues, and is not just designed to play to the concerns of the tabloid media.