Author: Miles Donavan

These were the most popular LFF articles Left Foot Forward has published hundreds of articles in 2025, read by thousands of people. Here’s a quick list of our ten most read pieces this year: 10. Who is Llyr Powell – Reform’s candidate in the Caerphilly Senedd by-election? Earlier this year, voters in Caerphilly went to the polls in a crucial by-election to the Welsh Parliament (Senedd). Early in the campaign, it became clear this was a head-to-head battle between Reform UK and Plaid Cymru. As part of our coverage of the by-election, we looked into Reform’s candidate Llyr Powell. Ultimately,…

“There’s a common thread here of people who are out for money and not out for helping ordinary people” Everyone Hates Elon is the new anti-Elon Musk group grabbing people’s attention with satirical billboards targeting billionaires. Their most viral stunts? Re-branding Tesla as a ‘Swasticar’ after Musk’s infamous salute at Donald Trump’s inauguration. The simple but effective “Elon Musk is a bellend, signed the UK” poster. The group also displayed banners of Trump with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to ‘welcome’ him during his state visit, and “took over” Venice ahead of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ wedding in June with…

While Egan’s election has been branded a blow to Labour, it also reflects workers’ desire for more vocal, strike-ready union representation. Left-wing challenger Andrea Egan defeated the incumbent Christina McAnea in the Unison general secretary election on 17 December. The trade unionist and social worker from Bolton, who was expelled from Labour in 2022 for sharing articles from Socialist Appeal and has expressed support for Your Party, will take over leadership of Britain’s largest union in January. What does this mean for the Labour movement and the workers it represents? In a post on X, Labour MP Clive Lewis called…

Our readership continues to grow but none of this would’ve been possible without readers and donors. We need your support now more than ever, with the rise of the right, as progressives we must continue to fight back against regressive policies and ideas. Another year has flown by and our political climate remains as volatile as ever. Nigel Farage seems to think that nothing and no one will stop what he sees as his ‘inevitable’ march towards Downing Street. The snake oil populism offered by Reform UK will not help working families up and down the country and yet Reform…

We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left. LFF is now closed over the Christmas holiday period. A massive thank you to all of our readers and supporters, without whom none of what we do would be possible. We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left. Wishing you all a restful break over the Christmas period, Basit Mahmood, Editor, Left Foot Forward. Left Foot Forward doesn’t have the backing of big…

“The great dividers want you to think the problems in society are caused by migrants and refugees. They’re wrong.” Jeremy Corbyn, the Independent MP for Islington North, has warned that the UK is at a “critical juncture” and said the country needs “an alternative voice” to the anti-migrant rhetoric that has gained ground this year. Speaking to Left Foot Forward, the co-founder of Your Party said “we need an alternative voice” and added that “to build this alternative, we need to unite our many communities in fierce opposition to hatred, racism and fear”. Corbyn encouraged people to keep turning up…

We asked progressives from across the political spectrum about what lessons they think we need to learn and how to fight back in the year ahead. As the year draws to a close, there are lots of lessons for progressives to learn from 2025. The snake oil populism offered by Reform UK will not deliver for ordinary Britons and yet Nigel Farage’s party continues to surge in the polls. A Reform government would be a disaster for the country, just look at how their councils are being run, plagued by incompetence, broken promises, and scandal. The policies Reform offer such…

Nigel Farage has already faced multiple calls to sack Parry over his remarks Reform’s Hampshire and Solent mayoral candidate, Chris Parry, is under fire again for making “unacceptable” comments suggesting non-Christians should eat ‘bacon’ to prove the ‘sincerity’ of their conversion to Christianity. As reported by the Mirror, in October, Parry shared a Telegraph article that claimed asylum seekers were being baptised in hotel bathtubs to help them gain asylum.  Commenting on the article on X, Dr Parry wrote in October: “People from other religions should eat bacon for a month to prove their Christian sincerity and credentials.” In another…

‘For all the Reform and Tory goons at the back who thrive on fake news… There’s no change to the general election’ Nigel Farage and right-wing media outlets including the Express and GB News have made misleading claims that Labour has refused to rule out delaying the next general election beyond 2029. In an interview with Sky News’ Trevor Phillips yesterday, Labour Party chair Anna Turley was quizzed on the government’s plans to allow 63 local authorities to postpone their elections next year to allow local government reorganisation to take place. Phillips then asked Turley whether Labour plans to postpone…

Reform has accepted almost £45,000 in donations from an entrepreneur who has had several run-ins with the law Reform has accepted almost £45,000 in donations from Keith Beekmeyer, an insurance entrepreneur who a High Court judge said told “deliberate lies” in a case and was charged with violating US securities laws last year. As reported in the Financial Times, Beekmeyer has made several donations to Nigel Farage’s party this year, amounting to £44,511. Most of the donations went towards covering the cost of an office for Reform in Epping, where Beekmayer owns a property. The donations included £34,713 worth of…