Left Foot Forward

Left Foot Forward
Type of site
 Blog
Created by Will Straw
Editor Josiah Mortimer
Revenue £70,000 (donors 2011)[1]
Website leftfootforward.org
Commercial No
Launched 2009
Current status Active

Left Foot Forward (LFF) is a left wing political blog in the UK, established in 2009. Its creator, Will Straw, the son of Alice Perkins and Jack Straw, edited the newspaper until December 2010.[2] Straw was succeeded by Shamik Das, who was succeeded in February 2013 by James Bloodworth, then in February 2016 by Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin. In June 2017, Josiah Mortimer took over as Editor.[3]

The site is part of a cohort of British left-wing blogs which attracted interest from the media in 2010 and 2011.[4][5][6][7]

Regarding LGBT issues, in 2014 it played an influential role: Oxfam cancelled an event at the East London Mosque after Left Foot Forward made Oxfam aware of the profile of one of its headline speakers Ibrahim Hewitt; who had written a book for GCSE students calling homosexuality a “great sin”, and that gay people should be “severely punished” under Islamic law.[8][9][10]

In 2016, Left Foot Forward described itself as "progressive" and "in agreement with left of centre policies and politicians". It regarded as sister blogs ThinkProgress in the United States, and Chifley in Australia.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dan Sabbagh "Is this really the death of political blogging?", The Guardian, 13 May 2011
  2. ↑ "Our people: Will Straw, Institute for Public Policy Research
  3. ↑ "Biographies", Left Foot Forward website
  4. ↑ Pickard, Jim; Boxell, James (31 May 2010). "Labour’s stance on immigration under criticism". Financial Times.
  5. ↑ Helm, Toby (21 March 2010). "Political blogs: Our round-up of the best political pundits on the web". The Observer. London. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  6. ↑ Bell, Matthew (10 January 2010). "In his father's footsteps. Straw the younger's political trek". Independent on Sunday. London.
  7. ↑ Iain, Dale (13 May 2011). "A second life for UK political blogging?". The Guardian. London.
  8. ↑ Barnett, Adam. "Oxfam cancels event at East London Mosque over ‘homophobic’ speaker". East London Advertiser. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  9. ↑ "East London Mosque". Wikipedia. 2017-08-10.
  10. ↑ Marsh, Stefanie. "Desperately seeking the Bethnal Green girls". Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  11. ↑ "About". Left Foot Forward. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016.


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