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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (4 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 (4 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
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Basit Mahmood
1 July, 2022

Questions are now being raised as to why Johnson went ahead with appointing Pincher deputy chief whip if concerns had been previously raised

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A new study from the Lancet shows that deaths from treatable causes have risen in line with increased privatisation spending in the NHS.

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Basit Mahmood
30 June, 2022

Boris Johnson’s comments came after foreign secretary Liz Truss also refused to comment on a potential snap election.

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30 June, 2022

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30 June, 2022

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Basit Mahmood
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“I will never unsee Dominic Raab’s wink from the despatch box at Angela Rayner. I feel soiled”.

10 Downing Street

Good Law Project to sue Met Police over failure to properly investigate Partygate

Basit Mahmood
29 June, 2022

The Good Law Project is accusing the Met of failing to issue questionnaires to Boris Johnson over three Covid law-breaking leaving dos that were held at 10 Downing Street.

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Right Wing Watch Newsletter: Bye Bye By-elections

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Last week’s RWW newsletter will be the last one for the moment, but at least the Tories are getting a kicking.

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The news you didn’t see this week…

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