Author: Miles Donavan

The open letter condemns the far right’s “racist lies” under the guise of protecting women and girls. In response to the wave of protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers, a coalition of women has issued an open letter urging politicians to stop linking immigration to sexual abuse. The letter, titled Women Against the Far Right, challenges inflammatory claims made by political figures such as Nigel Farage and shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick. Farage has attempted to tie rising rates of sexual offences in the UK to government immigration policies. Meanwhile, Jenrick, who recently joined anti-refugee protests outside asylum seeker accommodation…

“Why isn’t this headline news? The implications are horrifying …” A new study has concluded that the collapse of a vital Atlantic Ocean current, which was once thought to be a low-likelihood risk, can no longer be considered unlikely. Yet, despite the potentially catastrophic implications, this alarming finding has barely been mentioned in mainstream media coverage. The current is known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc), and is a key part of the global climate system. It carries warm water from the tropics northward, where it cools, sinks, and flows back south. But global warming is disrupting this cycle.…

Whatever happened to the ‘silly season,’ when summer headlines were filled with crop circles and Loch Ness Monster sightings during Parliament’s recess? Instead, for the second summer in a row, the far-right seized the spotlight, shouting “bring back hanging” and stoking outrage over migrant hotels. Echoing the racist riots of 2024, right-wing politicians and their dutiful media once again tried to stir community tensions, capitalising on their opponents’ absence. But this year’s news came with a curious twist: a quiet gathering of far-right figures tucked away in the Cotswolds. The region’s long-standing appeal to conservatives has taken on a new…

The comments provoked backlash, including from former Merseyside police chief constable Serena Kennedy. Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin has once again courted controversy with inflammatory remarks, this time questioning the capability of female police officers. In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live in July, the Runcorn and Helsby MP said: “I never feel comfortable, actually, seeing two female police officers together. “I’d much rather see a great, big, strapping male police officer with a female.” Although she added there was “100% a place for women police officers,” she implied their presence was best reserved for “more sensitive situations, situations…

Reform Party conference looked like a starter pack for British nationalists British flag T-shirts, Reform-branded football tops, a woman draped in a Union Jack flag with a matching cap, Make Britain Great Again caps. Reform Party conference looked like a starter pack for British nationalists. It was an introduction to what awaited in the main hall. Members cheering loudly at Reform politicians saying for the nth time that they would “detain and deport” migrants. A woman next to me shouted “Fabulous! Perfect!” as Reform’s new head of policy Zia Yusuf said the party would take UK out of the European…

Governments appease corporations and the super-rich by following the old policies which benefit a few.  Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. A new rentier economy has been constructed and the UK remains trapped in low economic growth. The government must adopt alternative policies. An often-told story is that Albert Einstein once set an exam paper for his graduate class, and one of his colleagues noticed that the questions were exactly the same as…

‘Angela Rayner has achieved more in the last year than most politicians achieve in a lifetime – a trailblazer for working class kids from backgrounds like ours.’ Tributes are being paid to Angela Rayner after she resigned from the government after the prime minister’s ethics adviser found she had breached the ministerial code over her underpayment of stamp duty on her £800,000 seaside flat. Rayner has resigned as deputy prime minister and housing secretary as well as deputy leader of the Labour Party. The Prime Minister’s ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus said Rayner had “acted with integrity” but concluded that…

Farage claims to be ‘for British people’, but has already said he would cut the welfare system if Reform wins the next election Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said at party conference that his party would make “serious cuts” to the UK’s welfare budget if they win the next election. In an apparent swipe at people on benefits, The Reform leader said: “It is not fair on people who get up with their alarm every morning, go to work and pay their taxes, for those that want to live a different lifestyle earn more money than they do.” Farage…

Another gold dealer Tally Money is also present at the event Direct Bullion, which encourages savers and investors to buy gold and has paid Nigel Farage over £280,000 for a handful of promotional adverts, has a large stand at Reform conference. The Reform UK leader has made £280,000, his second highest set of earnings after the £400,000 he raked in from presenting on GB News. Farage has used a private company to pay less tax on his GB news earnings. He has paid 25% in corporation tax on this income, instead of 40% in income tax. When Left Foot Forward asked a…

Teenager George Finch said that people who feel intimidated by the flags and their association with anti-migrant rhetoric ‘need to grow up’. Councillor George Finch, the 19-year-old leader of Warwickshire County Council, told Left Foot Forward that he was unaware a key member of Tommy Robinson’s security team is behind the Raise the Colours campaign. Finch was quick to distance himself from Robinson, but said he still supported the flag campaign organised by Andrew Currien (aka Andy Saxon), a former member of Robinson’s security team. He said people who feel intimidated by the flags and their links to anti-migrant rhetoric, “need to…