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The chair of the Labour Party, Bridget Phillipson, has said: "Nigel Farage needs to urgently explain why he welcomed Glenn Gibbins back into Reform just last month." leftfootforward.org/2026/07/refo...
Reform councillor charged over ‘grossly offensive’ tweet about Sunderland’s Nigerian communityReform suspended Gibbins and reinstated him to the party after an internal investigationleftfootforward.org"Join me, clean up Clacton and let’s make 13th August Bin Day!" leftfootforward.org/2026/07/coun...
Count Binface brutally mocks Nigel Farage in his Clacton by-election manifestoThe independent space warrior has vowed to not accept £5 million gifts from crypto billionaires on earthleftfootforward.orgReform is whipping up outrage about a policy that doesn't exist leftfootforward.org/2026/07/refo...
Reform calls for general election in response to social care ‘death tax’ that doesn’t exist'What death tax? We 'need' a general election based on a tax that doesn't exist?'leftfootforward.org"It’s not two tier policing. You’re all just so desperate for outrage." leftfootforward.org/2026/07/refo...
Reform repeats ‘two-tier policing’ claim after Zack Polanski cleared over Farage guillotine imageThe Met Police has concluded that the threshold for criminal action has not been met, despite Reform calling for Polanski to be arrestedleftfootforward.orgSeveral trade unions are boycotting the women's conference over Labour's trans policy leftfootforward.org/2026/07/mult...
Multiple leading trade unions will not attend Labour Women’s Conference over trans women banLabour-affiliated unions Unison, Aslef, Usdaw and the Musicians Union have all said they will boycott the eventleftfootforward.orgLBC's James O'Brien has exposed the hypocrisy of Reform accusing Zack Polanski of inciting murder while treating Lucy Connolly like "a folk hero" leftfootforward.org/2026/07/jame...
James O’Brien exposes hypocrisy of Reform accusing Zack Polanski of inciting murder over Instagram postHe pointed out that Reform has treated Lucy Connolly like ‘a folk hero’, despite her having incited racial hatred and violenceleftfootforward.orgLabour is on track to win the next election
Labour set to win next general election, new polling showsIn a major boost to the Labour government, the party is expected to win the next general election, according to new polling analysis. With Reform’s polling lead gradually collapsing over recent mon...leftfootforward.org“I am talking a lot about Britain believing again and getting its hope back and I’m not going to apologise for that and I think we should have a bit more of a spring in our step.”
Andy Burnham discusses the ‘Burnham bounce’ in the pollsAndy Burnham has discussed the ‘Burnham bounce’ in the polls, saying that he is pleased to have ‘kind of made the start where hopefully I’ve connected with people’, after opinion polls showed a jump i...leftfootforward.orgSian Astley has vowed to triple police stop and searches in Greater Manchester, but doesn’t know how many took place last year leftfootforward.org/2026/07/refo...
Reform’s Manchester mayoral candidate pledges to triple stop and searches but doesn’t know current figures"How can you say you want to triple something if you don’t know the number in the first place?"leftfootforward.org'The backsliding of LGBT+ rights in the UK is clearly illustrated by the Rainbow Map, which now ranks the UK 22nd — a damning contrast to 2015, when we topped the list.'
948 comments of hate show why Pride still mattersWera Hobhouse MP explains the importance of Prideleftfootforward.orgBurnham is the most popular party leader
Andy Burnham has the highest leadership approval ratings of any leaderAndy Burnham has the highest leadership approval ratings of any leader, in a boost to to the new Prime Minister. According to polling carried out by campaign group More in Common, Burnham's approva...leftfootforward.orgNigel Farage spotted out campaigning in Clacton with disgraced Reform Nazi salute candidate leftfootforward.org/2026/07/nige...
Nigel Farage seen campaigning with disgraced Reform Nazi salute candidateCorey Edwards was pictured with Farage and other campaigners in a pub beer garden in Clactonleftfootforward.org
