Category Archives: Left Foot Forward

With the announcement today that Sir Alex Ferguson will be retiring as manager of Manchester United at the end of the 2012/13 season after 26 years in the job, Left Foot Forward thought it fitting to look at some of Sir Alex’s best political quotes.

Posted in Left Foot Forward | Tagged Margaret Thatcher, Sir Alex Fergurson, the tories | 18 Responses

What’s to stop landlords passing the cost of immigration checks on to already squeezed tenants?

By James Bloodworth | Published: May 8, 2013

For the sake of appeasing a handful of Tory backbenchers and shoring up the UKIP vote, the government may have just heaped another burden on already hard-pressed tenants.

Posted in Left Foot Forward | Tagged housing, Immigration, landlords, migrants, Queens Speech, rent | 8 Responses

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David Cameron should beware the referendum trap – Steve Richards, The Guardian

The spirit of ’45 is not enough. The Left must come to terms with a changed world – James Bloodworth, The Independent

Ten myths about Margaret Thatcher exploded – Jeremy Warner, The Telegraph

Evidence-based politics: the case of the incredible shrinking Tory Party – Nick Cohen, The Spectator

Did Thatcher Turn Britain Around? – Paul Krugman, New York Times
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