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About Progressive Political News

Progressive Political News is an independent blog which covers recent political news, mainly focusing on UK and US politics. This may sometimes include news from elsewhere.

We have just one writer here currently but are looking to expand and potentially have others contributing to our blog, here's hoping. I'm Joshua Stead and I started Progressive Politics on the 7th of April 2017, as I felt I could provide a worthwhile perspective on the major political goings on and would be able to interest readers with our content.

When I began writing the articles I wasn't sure if they were appealing or of substance as it had been my first time trying something like this but the feedback I have gotten has been incredible and it has most definitely enabled me to become a better writer.

We would love to become a progressive blog that people will be able to use to form their political opinions on major issues and use it as a source of trustworthy news, much like The Canary or Skwawkbox.

As we are progressive in our beliefs, you may find our coverage has a left-leaning angle to it. However, that does not mean that we will not be objective in our reporting and call out hypocrisy that is found on all sides.

We hope you enjoy reading our content and also look forward to your feedback should it be good or bad! Should you need to contact Progressive Politics with any queries you may have, you can email us here or follow our Twitter us at @progressblogs - thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.

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