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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (2 days ago)

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
23 December, 2025 (2 days ago)

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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Basit Mahmood
22 October, 2024

“Cleverly, now the shadow home secretary, also spent £22,324.50, or £1,488.30 a head, on in-flight catering while travelling to Japan, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Zealand and Indonesia in July 2023.”

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Basit Mahmood
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Farmer is the son of former treasurer of the Conservative party and life peer Lord Michael Farmer, who is also already a shareholder in GB News.

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Farage also continues to rake it in from the channel, making £60,000 for just 20 hours of work according to his latest register of interests.

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Basit Mahmood
21 October, 2024

The IEA has widely been credited as the inspiration for Liz Truss’s disastrous mini budget.

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20 October, 2024

“Ludicrous, expensive and probably unworkable.”

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Labour can’t afford complacency about the ethnic minority vote

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20 October, 2024

The continuing tragedy of the Middle East will continue to sap support for Starmer unless and until his policies become braver and more decisive.

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Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
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‘Clearly, people are more interested in their grub and cartoon penguins than they are in reliving Johnson’s political blundering.’

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Spain’s prime minister unveils pro-immigration policy, citing moral duty and economic growth

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
19 October, 2024

‘I want citizens to understand that this is not a battle between Spaniards and foreigners, or Christians and Muslims or saints and criminals. It is a battle between truth and lies, between tales and data, between what is in the interests of our society and the interests of a few who see fear and hatred of foreigners as their only path to power.’

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Right-wing outrage over Thomas Tuchel appointment as England manager with Daily Mail accused of ‘pure xenophobia’

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‘The Daily Mail’s back page is an absolute disgrace. I know people will say to ignore it… but it’s simply embarrassing.’

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BBC slams Tories for trying to flog tickets to leadership debate for £10

Basit Mahmood
18 October, 2024

The broadcaster and CCHQ are also reported to be at loggerheads over the make up of the debate audience.

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