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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 2h
Despite Reform’s “net stupid zero” line, more than half of their supporters back investment in renewables

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Most Reform UK and Tory voters back investment in renewable energy, poll reveals
Despite Reform’s “net stupid zero” line, more than half of their supporters back renewables
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 7h
Tory shadow minister Andrew Rosindell has said he would serve in a cabinet alongside Nigel Farage
Tory shadow minister admits he would serve in a Cabinet alongside Nigel Farage
Rosindell’s comments will be a fresh blow to Badenoch...
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 3h
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 5h
Sarah Pochin MP faces backlash from local boxing club after claiming she helped them secure funding

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Reform’s Sarah Pochin under fire for claiming she helped secure funding for local boxing club
'We do not appreciate complete fiction like this.'
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 6h
Over 70,000 people complained about this comment
Ofcom finds GB News in breach of broadcasting code over homophobic slur
More than 70,000 people complained to the regulator about the comment
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 6d
Tice claimed the PM said things he didn’t say…

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Richard Tice accuses Keir Starmer of inciting violence using words he never said
Tice falsely claimed the PM said things like "take up arms" and "go for the enemy"
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 7h
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🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 7h
We spoke to the Green Party's deputy leader Mothin Ali at the party's autumn conference in Bournemouth
Mothin Ali: The Greens "still are a white middle class party"
"It's changing, it's changing rapidly. But that still exists. That is a problem. That's one of the problems I faced."
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 7h
Tory shadow minister Andrew Rosindell has said he would serve in a cabinet alongside Nigel Farage
Tory shadow minister admits he would serve in a Cabinet alongside Nigel Farage
Rosindell’s comments will be a fresh blow to Badenoch...
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 8h
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 17h
People aren't flocking to the Tories' conference...
Tory conference ridiculed after rows of empty seats at key speeches
"It is completely dead. We are completely dead. But hey the white wine is chilled."
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d
Ofcom is now facing calls to impose sanctions on GB News

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Ofcom finds GB News in breach of broadcasting code over homophobic slur
More than 70,000 people complained to the regulator about the comment
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d
In an interview with Left Foot Forward at the Green Party's conference, the party's deputy leader @mothinali.bsky.social said that the Greens 'still are a white middle class party' but that 'it's changing rapidly'
Mothin Ali: The Greens "still are a white middle class party"
"It's changing, it's changing rapidly. But that still exists. That is a problem. That's one of the problems I faced."
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d
Robert Jenrick has been blasted over his claim he "didn't see another white face" while on a 90-minute visit to a Birmingham neighbourhood

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Robert Jenrick heavily criticised over leaked ‘didn’t see another white face’ comments
‘Putting it bluntly, Robert is wrong’
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d
Can the Greens become a mass party of the left?
Owen Jones: The Greens can become a mass party of the left under Zack Polanski’s leadership
"There's a sense that the Greens seem to think that this is their time"
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d
Here are some of the worst policies that the Tories have announced so far at their conference

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The five worst ideas from Tory conference
From scrapping green energy measures to creating a version of Trump’s deportation force, the Tories have announced some bad policies
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d
Robert Jenrick has been blasted over his claim he "didn't see another white face" while on a 90-minute visit to a Birmingham neighbourhood

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Robert Jenrick heavily criticised over leaked ‘didn’t see another white face’ comments
‘Putting it bluntly, Robert is wrong’
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d
Is Reform the new National Front?
EXCLUSIVE: TUC boss says Reform UK are pushing policies of the National Front of the 1970s
Nowak said that the best way for the government to tackle the rise of Reform UK was by delivering change.
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d
Can the Greens stop Reform?
Rachel Millward: There is ‘no one else coming’ to stop a Reform government except the Green Party
"We're at an urgent, urgent battle for the truth, for the country"
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d
Is it time for public ownership?
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d
Is it time for public ownership?
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d
Ofcom is now facing calls to impose sanctions on GB News

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Ofcom finds GB News in breach of broadcasting code over homophobic slur
More than 70,000 people complained to the regulator about the comment
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d
Can the Greens become a mass party of the left?
Owen Jones: The Greens can become a mass party of the left under Zack Polanski’s leadership
"There's a sense that the Greens seem to think that this is their time"
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 2d
"Imagine bragging about bringing this to Britain"

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Kemi Badenoch slammed over pledge to create Trump-style deportation force
'British Conservatives drawing inspiration from an immigration crackdown so controversial that […] Germany's far-right AfD has distanced itself from it'
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