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Women’s trauma is not your political cudgel
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Women’s trauma is not your political cudgel

By Emma Burnell

Too many people's response to the Brand scandal has been to use it in their continual factional fights. Just stop it. It's not about your political enemies – it's about all of us.

Brand new politics?
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Brand new politics?

By Emma Burnell

Charisma and fame combined with political calculation makes for a fertile environment for abusive behaviour. We must change the environment that enabled Russell Brand.

Welfare to work?
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Welfare to work?

By Emma Burnell

What is welfare for? The answer to that question must be the framing for anything that is in – or follows – the Milburn report.

The blue deluge
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The blue deluge

By Emma Burnell

American voters have voted against Trump in record numbers. Are there lessons Labour can learn from how the Dems did it?

A breathing space Budget
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A breathing space Budget

By Emma Burnell

The government has given itself breathing space with the budget. It will be judged on how it uses it to show what comes next.

Goggleboxing clever
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Goggleboxing clever

By Emma Burnell

oters need to see themselves in their politicians. And sometimes that means showing them that we too are a bit crap at Countdown.

2008 and all that…
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2008 and all that…

By Emma Burnell

What do a decade and a half of low growth, the rise of populism across the political spectrum, Brexit, the state of our public services, our high streets, the arts, France, Germany, the USA or the British state itself have in common? The…

Soft press or hard truths?
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Soft press or hard truths?

By Emma Burnell

Labour members complaining about a hostile press is as old as the party itself. There has rarely been a supportive environment for a left wing party on the fourth estate and it is something the Party has long struggled with as different…

‘Hope again’ has the power to be more than a slogan
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‘Hope again’ has the power to be more than a slogan

By Emma Burnell

The signs have come down but there is still hope again in the hearts of Labour members. Conference can feel like a bit of a bubble. We spend a few very long, exhausting days fiercely debating policy, listening to speeches and touring…

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