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Keir Starmer says Iran conflict ‘not our war’ as he blasts Reform chief Nigel Farage

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

‘Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch for wanting to ‘dive in with both feet into the war without thinking through the consequences’.

Keir Starmer in Downing Street

Green Party sets sights on targeting trade union members disillusioned with Labour

Olivia Barber
Yesterday

Zack Polanski is set to make keynote speeches at several trade union conferences

Zack Polanski speaking at Green Party conference

Reform’s Zia Yusuf in meltdown when asked about growing number of candidate scandals

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

The right-wing party has lost at least 67 candidates since May 2025,

Zia Yusuf

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Keir Starmer speaking at the dispatch box of the House of Commons on the sacking of P&O Ferries workers at PMQs

Three Tory MPs ‘open talks to defect to Labour’

Basit Mahmood
28 June, 2022

Three male Tory MPs who won their seats in 2019 are in discussions to switch parties.

Theresa may

‘Not legal’: Theresa May slams government’s plan to rip up Northern Ireland Brexit deal

Basit Mahmood
28 June, 2022

‘This bill is not, in my view, legal in international law, it will not achieve its aims’

A pile of newspapers with text overlaid reading "Voices on the Left"

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

Basit Mahmood
27 June, 2022

A roundup of progressive news…

Times

Times slammed for ‘shockingly misleading’ bar chart on Boris Johnson’s popularity

Basit Mahmood
27 June, 2022

‘The world’s most misleading graph in Today’s Times’

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Barristers go on strike over legal aid fees

Basit Mahmood
27 June, 2022

Junior barristers can earn as little as £88 a day in court for a bail application and are not paid for preparation work or travel, meaning they can end up earning less than the minimum wage.

Boris Johnson scratching his head

Boris Johnson hit with new wave of no confidence letters

Basit Mahmood
27 June, 2022

Boris Johnson’s announcement that he intended to run for a third term and govern into the mid 2030s, is said to have provoked Tory MPs

Walton

New documentary spotlights community activism and working class representation in politics

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
26 June, 2022

With nationwide train strikes and byelection losses for the Tories, this week has been defined by activism for change. In his new film, Daniel Draper highlights the power and struggles of local activism and working class voices in politics. LFF caught up with the filmmaker to find out more.

Picket line

Conservative MPs have been exaggerating the pay of rail workers, Full Fact finds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
26 June, 2022

An investigation by the independent fact checker confirms that the transport secretary and other Tory MPs have got their figures wrong when it comes to what striking rail employees earn.

Morgan and Lynch

Mick Lynch’s best five interviews of the week

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 June, 2022

In flooring critics in the corporate media with a down-to-earth, no-nonsense attitude, the RMT boss has become the star of the rail strikes and has something of a cult following.

Corbyn at Glastonbury

The best political performances at Glastonbury over the years

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 June, 2022

From peace and anti-war demonstrations to climate change marches and speeches by political figures, the legendary festival is well-known for its political undercurrent and activism roots.

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