No it’s not. I’m sorry to tell you, „left leaning“ is not something you define, but rather something that gets being „left“ by comparison of what is considered

No it’s not. I’m sorry to tell you, „left leaning“ is not something you define, but rather something that gets being „left“ by comparison of what is considered the opposite of left. In that sense, Spiegel was always left-leaning. Most certainly so, when campaigning against a 1980s conservative.