Against a divided, left-leaning Labour Party, from which such moderates as Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams had defected to form the SDP, Mrs Thatcher was dominant.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2023/06/13/the-reign-of-the-iron-lady-40-years-on-from-thatchers-great-victory/

California, now such a left-leaning progressive state, banned it until 1948.

Source: https://nj1015.com/sad-that-nj-actually-has-to-protect-interracial-marriage/

Crikey, an often pugilistic left-leaning news site, had repeatedly dared Murdoch to sue them over the articles and launched fundraising and subscription drives off the back of the legal action.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/fox-ceo-lachlan-murdoch-drops-january-6-defamation-case/

He attacked the fact that I dropped out of running for his seat, saying, “If you want change, you should have continued running,” and that he’s not there to address his left-leaning constituents.

Source: https://littlevillagemag.com/letter-to-the-editor-republican-decorum-is-at-an-all-time-low/

“It’s a problem in both red and blue states, it’s also a local issue,” Kylie Murdock, a policy adviser with Third Way, a left-leaning national think tank, said in an interview with Stateline.

Source: https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/11/01/politicians-love-to-cite-crime-data-its-often-wrong/

“It’s not the La Commedia all’Italiana, it’s its degeneration,” said Teresa Marchesi, a film critic at the left-leaning newspaper Domani.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/30/world/europe/italy-cinema-panettone.html

Luxon had been peppered with questions about whether he’d work with NZ First for months, having already ruled out left-leaning and far-right fringe parties.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/nz-national-open-to-a-deal-with-winston-peters-first-for-power-20230925-p5e7cn.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

OkCupid has stepped up and is now one of the most popular dating sites for left-leaning 25 to 35-year-olds looking to find a more profound, meaningful connection.

Source: https://mashable.com/roundup/best-dating-sites-for-geeks-nerds

On the opposite end of the spectrum, a new type of prepper is emerging: young, left-leaning but just as afraid the world as we know it is on the precipice of collapse.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12877275/global-conflicts-cost-living-election-preppers-2024.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is left-leaning, and Meta’s LLaMA is right-leaning.

Source: https://technology.inquirer.net/126855/top-ai-chatbots-have-political-biases

'Right now, we’re on track to spend more on super tax concessions than the age pension by around 2050,' he said, in an apparent reference to a recent report by a left-leaning think tank, the Australia Institute.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11770675/Why-Australians-contribute-superannuation-lose-tax-concessions.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Similar programs are underway in Eugene, Ore.; Denver; and Rochester, N.Y., among other places, according to the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/04/nyregion/brooklyn-brownsville-no-police.html

The 18-24 group has the most left-leaning members, at 26.8.

Source: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/politics-in-canada-the-rich-equally-on-right-and-left-but-overall-most-people-in-centre

The 37-year-old, who was quietly appointed in December, said he was “more political” than his father and that he planned to continue donating family money to left-leaning US political candidates, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Sunday.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/11/alexander-soros-given-control-of-father-george-soros-multi-billion-foundation

The Colorado Fiscal Institute, a left-leaning think tank that has backed the measure, found the biggest benefits go to lower-value homes.

Source: https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2023/10/22/proposition-hh-colorado-ballot-impact/

The Urban Institute, a left-leaning think tank, estimates that extra benefits reduced the poverty rate by 9.6 percent and the child poverty rate by 14 percent.

Source: https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comment-snap-food-aid-needs-reforms-work-mandate-isnt-one/

Trudeau, who last carried out a major shake-up in October 2021, is looking to refresh his left-leaning Liberal Party team ahead of an election that must be called by October 2025 and could happen earlier.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/ahead-canadian-cabinet-shuffle-three-more-ministers-bow-out-3653416?cid=cna_flip_070214

We’re sure it makes sense in context, the same as all those other left-leaning phrases filling the whiteboard that the right loves to deconstruct.

Source: https://www.wonkette.com/intellectual-dark-web-dorks-explore-deep-questions-at-bari-weiss-university-of-martyrdom

Within Canada, the election offers voters a stark choice: The UCP versus the left-leaning Alberta New Democratic Party.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/28/alberta-premier-smith-notley-00099090