Analysis ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… my first four months as Editor’ There are two very different tales to be told about the Labour government this year. And they are… Emma Burnell 19th December, 2025, 2:26 pm
Analysis ‘Andrea Egan’s Unison win will reshape Labour’s internal politics – we just don’t yet know how’ Andrea Egan’s victory will have major implications for the Labour Party. Andrea has made little secret of her… Emma Burnell 17th December, 2025, 12:20 pm
Analysis Labour’s identity crisis – caught between Blairism and Blue Labour The problem most tribes in the Labour Party have is that they rarely get to fully define themselves.… Emma Burnell 15th December, 2025, 6:00 am
Comment ‘The Child Poverty Strategy shows why a Labour government matters’ This is an adapted version of my analysis from the LabourList email this morning. To receive our email… Emma Burnell 5th December, 2025, 12:35 pm
Comment ‘Your Party is a joke – but that doesn’t mean Labour can afford to laugh off all its lessons’ Could Your Party—now officially and, frankly, unfortunately named—have had a less auspicious start? From the botched summer launch… Emma Burnell 2nd December, 2025, 7:10 am
Analysis ‘The politics of security – when ‘for the many’ politics becomes uncomfortable for Labour’ I will never forget something a Labour voter in a very safe Tory seat told me once soon… Emma Burnell 18th November, 2025, 3:07 pm
Analysis U-turn if you want to… This is an adapted version of my analysis from the LabourList email this morning. To receive our email… Emma Burnell 14th November, 2025, 4:24 pm
Analysis Briefing Encounters This is an adapted version of my analysis from the LabourList email this morning. To receive our email… Emma Burnell 12th November, 2025, 2:52 pm
Analysis ‘The BBC crisis and our half-right, half-wrong politics’ The BBC is in crisis – again. This is not a piece reporting on what has happened. You… Emma Burnell 10th November, 2025, 4:56 pm
Analysis Labour has a new deputy leader, but what does the result mean for Powell, the Party and the PM? The results are in. Congratulations to Lucy Powell on winning the role of Deputy Leader of the Labour… Emma Burnell 25th October, 2025, 1:11 pm