The London Economic (progressive & compassionate news)
The London Economic is a digital newspaper that supports progressive viewpoints and compassionate politics, to counter the spread of far-right rhetoric that dominates most mainstream media.
Run mostly by volunteer journalists and contributors, it was founded in 2013, and also includes articles on travel, music, film and sport. As a London newspaper, it also supports ethical entrepreneurs, and tackles big issues facing inner-city life.
Everything is free to read with no paywall, due to those who donate to fair journalism. Recent articles include:
How a Tory and Reform UK pact is doomed to fail, the launch of the online Liz Truss show and visiting ‘London’s most dangerous areas’ to reveal that the media is making quite nice places seem worse than they are. One journalist visited Brixton to find a dog that barked once, because he brushed the baguette that was protruding from its guardian’s tote bag!
Another article ‘bigs up Britain’, fed of ‘patriots who wave the flag, and constantly complain about our wonderful country’:
We are a country that can queue for hours, and apologise when someone else bumps into us. For people so passionate about ‘taking their country back’, they don’t seem to enjoy actually living in it very much.
Patriotism doesn’t have to shout. It doesn’t need fury or nostalgia, for a Britain that never really existed. It can be found in the echo of church bells, in the kindness of strangers on a rainy bus.
