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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
Today

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
Today

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All the pictures from the Sue Gray report that show rampant rule breaking in Downing Street

Basit Mahmood
25 May, 2022

Here are all of the pictures from the Sue Gray report which show rampant Covid-rule breaking in Downing Street, while the rest of the country made sacrifices and was told to stay at home to save lives. In total theretest

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Downing Street security guard was mocked for trying to stop lockdown breaking party

Basit Mahmood
25 May, 2022

‘People made fun of him because he was so worked up’

Voting Ballot Box

Why trade unionists must back electoral reform

Lynn Henderson
25 May, 2022

First Past the Post works to the Tories’ advantage.

Who is David Canzini, Boris Johnson’s aide who opposes a windfall tax on energy companies?

John Lubbock
24 May, 2022

Canzini is a protégé of Australian elections guru Lynton Crosby and has been called a “hard man”.

TalkTV ratings plummet as viewers tune out of Rupert Murdoch’s channel

Basit Mahmood
24 May, 2022

Its ratings and viewers have nosedived so badly that, on occasion, the official broadcasting rating agency has not registered a single viewer.

Boris Johnson

Met Police told to explain why PM wasn’t fined even though picture shows him drinking at lockdown busting party

Basit Mahmood
24 May, 2022

The pictures, obtained by ITV news ahead of the full publication of Sue Gray’s report, show Johnson raising a glass at a leaving party on 13th November 2020, with bottles of alcohol and party food on the table in front of him.

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Nigel Farage joins pro-Putin Viktor Orban at conference of U.S conservatives

Basit Mahmood
24 May, 2022

The former UKIP leader took part in the conference which also featured Hungary’s pro-Putin and authoritarian demagogue Viktor Orban, as part of what are clearly wider efforts to cement bonds between far-right movements both in Europe and America.

Right-Wing Watch

Right Wing Watch Newsletter: Crime, Crime, Crime

John Lubbock
24 May, 2022

This week’s newsletter looks at how the Tories are still trying to pass themselves off as the party of law and order.

Voting Ballot Box

Sarah Olney MP: The divisive politics of today prove the need for a fairer voting system

Sarah Olney
24 May, 2022

The art of nuance, compromise and cooperation in Westminster is now sadly more absent than ever.

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
23 May, 2022

A roundup of progressive news…

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