I'm not for one moment suggesting the Theresa May means any of this, or that Owen Smith means any of this, but surely it must be recognised that the fact that the Tory Prime Minister and the right - wing challenger for the Labour leadership feel it politically necessary to engage in such «progressive» sounding rhetoric is clear evidence of a significant leftward shift in mainstream political discourse. (leftfutures.org)
But Teachout, who ran for Congress last year against Rep. John Faso, represents the party's increasingly leftward tilt in both policy and its organizing politics. (nystateofpolitics.com)
But beginning in the mid «1990s, he began to move leftward on the political spectrum. (firstthings.com)