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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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The former Home Secretary also slammed Sunak’s approach to government, saying that his “distinctive style of government means you are incapable” of delivering

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Basit Mahmood
14 November, 2023

The anti-woke group, Restore Trust, had launched a renewed campaign to win seats on the Trust’s council this year after failing in their attempts last year, and this time they had the likes of Farage, along with the right-wing press backing them. 

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Basit Mahmood
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The Tory leader appointed Esther McVey, the MP for Tatton, to the role, which has now been dubbed the ‘minister for woke’.

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Is UK democracy ready for the AI revolution?

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With a slate of major elections planned across the world in 2024, including in the UK, we cannot simply adopt a ‘wait and see’ approach when it comes to AI’s impact on electoral integrity

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Basit Mahmood
13 November, 2023

Braverman was sacked after a number of divisive and inflammatory comments in recent weeks, including the claim that rough sleeping is a ‘lifestyle choice’.

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‘She was the nastiest and most divisive Home Secretary I’ve ever encountered’

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