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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (3 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 (3 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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Reform council considers potential 10% council tax rise

Olivia Barber
16 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

Nigel Farage’s party campaigned on a pledge to cut waste and taxes

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Reform candidate refuses to apologise for saying David Lammy should ‘go home to the Caribbean’

Olivia Barber
16 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

Chris Parry would not confirm that the former foreign secretary’s “primary loyalty” is to the UK

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Reform MP condemned for trying to defend party candidate who told David Lammy to ‘go home’

Basit Mahmood
15 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

Farage has come under criticism and pressure to sack Chris Parry, a former senior Royal Navy officer, after his “grotesque” comments embroiled Reform in a fresh vetting scandal.

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What’s behind Reform’s Christians for Reform launch?

Olivia Barber
15 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

The right is increasingly using Christianity as a political tool

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Liz Truss claims that living in the UK is now like ‘East Germany’ in latest bizarre rant

Basit Mahmood
15 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

Truss is totally deluded…

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Journalist picks apart Tories’ ‘confusing’ U-turn on petrol and diesel vehicle ban

Olivia Barber
15 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

Kemi Badenoch was business secretary when the law came into force

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Reform run council plans to raise council tax by more than 5%

Basit Mahmood
15 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

As many as eight of the 13 local councils run by Nigel Farage’s party have hinted at plans to raise council tax by next year.

Tommy Robinson
News

Tommy Robinson threatens to sue Nigel Farage over ‘libellous claims’

Olivia Barber
15 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

The feud between Farage and Robinson has escalated

Elon Musk

Woke-bashing of the week: Elon Musk labels EU ‘woke Statis’ after X is fined €120m

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

For all the talk of “the people,” Musk’s position boils down to a demand that one billionaire, who’s, unelected, unaccountable, and running a global communication platform, should operate above the law. Europe, to its credit, is saying no.

Right-Wing Media Watch: Piers Morgan’s Uncensored expansion – another step towards a consolidated right-wing media empire

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

Things could be worse. Piers Morgan could have confirmed the rumours that he might apply for the role of BBC director general. Then we’d really be in trouble.

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