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The employment rights bill is vital. But we also need to answer the question: what makes someone an employee? Our answer will affect some of the most vulnerable people in the labour market. Me for @left-foot-forward.bsky.social @thefabians.bsky.social leftfootforward.org/2025/09/new-...
Yvette Cooper has been accused of "giving into far-right pressure" leftfootforward.org/2025/09/home...
Yvette Cooper has been accused of "giving into far-right pressure" leftfootforward.org/2025/09/home...
BREAKING: @zackpolanski.bsky.social has been elected leader of the Green Party with a landslide victory
Richard Tice blasted for being 'childish' leftfootforward.org/2025/09/rich...
Alongside Zack Polanski's election, @mothinali.bsky.social and @rachelmillward.bsky.social were elected as the Green Party's deputy leaders.
BREAKING: @zackpolanski.bsky.social has been elected leader of the Green Party with a landslide victory
Another Reform councillor has been suspended leftfootforward.org/2025/09/refo...
'To use women’s lives as a political prop while simultaneously advocating for politics that would harm them is hypocrisy at its ugliest.'
This was awkward...
Farage's mass deportation policy would rip families apart and directly threaten children and young people's safety
Experts explain why Farage's plan isn't as straightforward as Reform claims leftfootforward.org/2025/09/4-re...
Kemi Badenoch wants to get all our oil and gas out of the North Sea, but there's barely any left leftfootforward.org/2025/09/kemi...
Farage's mass deportation policy would rip families apart and directly threaten children and young people's safety
Socialist Spain's welcoming and liberal approach to immigration is paying economic dividends.
'It is the Christian way to meet those asking for help with compassion and understanding'
Another Reform candidate selection failure leftfootforward.org/2025/09/refo...
Boycotting the Sun has made the people of Liverpool more left wing
@weareyoungroots.bsky.social
"We all deserve to feel safe – and we must give no ground to policies that use human beings as political pawns." Read our piece in @left-foot-forward.bsky.social on why Reform's new plans are a fundamental attack on the right to safety: leftfootforward.org/2025/08/refo...
Farage's policies, and all the anti-immigration rhetoric that goes with them, make young people feel extremely unsafe when they have already had their childhoods taken away by fear leftfootforward.org/2025/08/refo...
Reform to let Trump donor's company open huge fracking site in Lincolnshire leftfootforward.org/2025/08/refo...
Reform claims it is concerned about women's safety, but mass detention and deportation would only do them harm writes Carenza Arnold @4refugeewomen.bsky.social leftfootforward.org/2025/08/nige...
Reform claims it is concerned about women's safety, but mass detention and deportation would only do them harm writes Carenza Arnold @4refugeewomen.bsky.social leftfootforward.org/2025/08/nige...
She was suspended from Labour for making a series of "anti-white racism" claims leftfootforward.org/2025/08/coun...
Just like the Tories' failed Rwanda scheme, Farage's deportation plan is unworkable leftfootforward.org/2025/08/4-re...
Just like the Tories' failed Rwanda scheme, Farage's deportation plan is unworkable leftfootforward.org/2025/08/4-re...
So much for Reform being in favour of free speech leftfootforward.org/2025/08/refo...
Farage's press conference didn't go well leftfootforward.org/2025/08/nige...
"Boycotting the banquet is the one way I can send a message to Donald Trump and Keir Starmer" leftfootforward.org/2025/08/ed-d...
Farage's press conference didn't go well leftfootforward.org/2025/08/nige...
Farage's press conference didn't go to plan leftfootforward.org/2025/08/nige...
Richard Tice gets grilled leftfootforward.org/2025/08/vict...
Reform councillor resigns over serious racism allegations leftfootforward.org/2025/08/refo...
Farage didn't seem too concerned about human rights abuses leftfootforward.org/2025/08/nige...
Reform councillor works on Home Office asylum claims, investigation reveals leftfootforward.org/2025/08/refo...
The courts would block Nigel Farage's draconian deportation plans leftfootforward.org/2025/08/cour...
‘Reform are proving every day that they are not capable of running the council.’
Reform-led Warwickshire County Council has made "a lot of noise" about flags, but hasn't come up with any new policies, according to Lib Dems leftfootforward.org/2025/08/refo...
Robert Jenrick is straying into Tommy Robinson-supporting territory... leftfootforward.org/2025/08/robe...
Robert Jenrick is straying into Tommy Robinson-supporting territory... leftfootforward.org/2025/08/robe...
Reform-led Warwickshire County Council has made "a lot of noise" about flags, but hasn't come up with any new policies, according to Lib Dems leftfootforward.org/2025/08/refo...
Lowe is pictured smiling with a wheelbarrow containing at least eight shotguns leftfootforward.org/2025/08/ex-r...
'Is there any bandwagon this opportunist won’t jump on?' leftfootforward.org/2025/08/kemi...
'It is clear that he did not expect to be elected, or have any understanding of what the role of a councillor actually entails'
Badenoch is bowing to pressure from immigration hardliners
'It is clear that he did not expect to be elected, or have any understanding of what the role of a councillor actually entails'
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"It's like saying the Titanic maiden voyage was a success because it made it over halfway to New York."
Kemi Badenoch is caving to pressure from immigration hardliners in her party leftfootforward.org/2025/08/the-...
Farage is still unpopular
Yikes...
This was awkward...
Will Dawn Butler be the next mayor of London?
Extraordinary
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Surprise surprise...
Reality check for Chris Philp leftfootforward.org/2025/08/chri...
Joseph Boam has been removed from his position as deputy leader and offered a less senior role
Holding Farage to account
‘For the council to withdraw their support shows the lack of care they have for the people of Durham.’
Disgraceful
Yikes...
"It's like saying the Titanic maiden voyage was a success because it made it over halfway to New York."
Yikes...
People are standing up to Musk
This was awkward...
Yikes...
Joseph Boam has been removed from his position as deputy leader and offered a less senior role
'That's a disgrace' leftfootforward.org/2025/08/lbc-...
There have been no discussions about funding ‘Your Party’, Unite says
Holding Farage to account
Labour members want the government to be more radical
Another Reform UK deputy leader has left their role after just three months leftfootforward.org/2025/08/refo...
Tommy Robinson is making thousands from providing advice to far-right activists leftfootforward.org/2025/08/tomm...
‘For the council to withdraw their support shows the lack of care they have for the people of Durham.’
Another Reform UK deputy leader has left their role after just three months leftfootforward.org/2025/08/refo...
IPSO found that the Telegraph had reported on the Thames Water findings in a way that was “inaccurate, misleading, or distorted”.
The leader of the Opposition said she found out about the deputy leader's 'sacking' on social media leftfootforward.org/2025/08/excl...
There was no exodus
IPSO found that the Telegraph had reported on the Thames Water findings in a way that was “inaccurate, misleading, or distorted”.
Andrea Jenkyns reveals she is anti-trade unions leftfootforward.org/2025/08/refo...
Andrea Jenkyns reveals she is anti-trade unions leftfootforward.org/2025/08/refo...
Yikes...
Farage previously said that politics should be kept out of football
The shadow home secretary pictured with ex-BNP activist at far-right rally leftfootforward.org/2025/08/robe...
There was no exodus
This Reform councillor has been removed as deputy leader of the council
Farage previously said politics should be kept out of football, now he's doing the exact opposite leftfootforward.org/2025/08/nige...
Yikes...
Angela Rayner says Farage "risks failing a generation of young women" leftfootforward.org/2025/08/ange...
The Reform deputy leader of Leicestershire County Council has lost his role after three months leftfootforward.org/2025/08/22-y...
This is what Labour members think about the government's ban on Palestine Action. 👇
A large majority of Labour members think it was wrong to proscribe Palestine Action leftfootforward.org/2025/08/majo...
A large majority of Labour members think it was wrong to proscribe Palestine Action leftfootforward.org/2025/08/majo...
The Reform deputy leader of Leicestershire County Council has lost his role after three months leftfootforward.org/2025/08/22-y...
“Polluting‑for‑profit water companies, industrial‑scale agriculture, and toothless regulation have failed people and nature alike."
Angela Rayner says Farage "risks failing a generation of young women" leftfootforward.org/2025/08/ange...
"Its like saying the Titanic maiden voyage was a success because it made it over halfway to New York."
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