Left Foot Forward

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Left Foot Forward
Left Foot Forward.jpg
Web address leftfootforward.org
Commercial? No
Type of site
Blog
Created by Will Straw
Editor Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin
Launched 2009
Revenue £70,000[1]
Current status Active

Left Foot Forward (LFF) is a left wing political blog in the UK, established in 2009 it was created and edited by Will Straw, the son of Alice Perkins and Jack Straw, 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, the current 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]

In 2016 it described itself as "progressive" and "in agreement with left of centre policies and politicians". It regards as sister blogs ThinkProgress in the US and Chifley in Australia.[8]

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
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