We’ve been voted the top left-wing blog, 2nd overall
Left Foot Forward has been voted the number one left wing blog in the Total Politics blog awards – for the second year running – and the second overall.
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Is the London-centric media blogosphere stifling opportunity?
There is a fundamental problem at the heart of politics: inequality of opportunity, writes Sam Bacon, regions officer for the Young Fabians.
Left Foot Forward’s Nicola Smith named Workworld Blogger of the Year
Left Foot Forward’s Nicola Smith was named Blogger of the Year at the Work Foundation’s ‘Workworld Media Awards’ last night.
Left Foot Forward: Progressive, independent, evidence-based
Over at Order Order, Guido Fawkes has accused Left Foot Forward of being a “fully signed on” member of some Labour Party rebuttal network, and “regularly taking stories” from Ed Miliband’s online communications specialist, Alex Smith. Let’s look at the evidence.
Montgomerie’s call for the Left to “step up to the plate”
The Netroots UK workshop with the potential for the biggest immediate impact focused on building an infrastructure for the left, reports Tom Rouse.
PI No. 8: Self-improvement for people who read newspapers (and blogs…)
In the latest Political Innovation essay, Miljenko Williams of the blog 21st Century Fix looks at what politics can learn from the likes of Last.fm
Political Innovation – coming soon to Edinburgh and Belfast
A quick note to thank Left Foot Forward for helping us with the Political Innovation essays; see here for more about the project and a list of all the essays so far, with a few more to come in the next few weeks. We would like to invite LFF readers to a couple of events that we’re doing in Edinburgh (13th November) and Belfast (20th November) – both are Saturday get-togethers – details can be found here.
Battle for the ‘squeezed middle’ rumbles on
Conservative commentators are beginning to sense the unease over Tory policy on the ‘squeezed middle’, reports Liam Thompson.
Changes to your new look Left Foot Forward
You may have noticed some changes to Left Foot Forward today, in our presentation of comments, and in our sidebar.