What the unions should do next
By most accounts yesterday went well (the Prime Minister begged to differ, but then in the words of…
Emma Burnell
Thatcher’s Last Triumph
Margaret Thatcher is a frail 86 year old woman. The ultimate Big Beast of politics may not be…
Escaping from the box…
We’re angry. We see the destruction that is happening everywhere. The chaos that is the tip of the…
Calling the tune
“Remember the War against Franco? That’s the Kind where each of us belongs. Though he may have won…
How to lose
This weekend will see the six month anniversary of the bruising AV referendum. I have just finished reading…
Women can’t win
Can you imagine the fuss if there would be if every time the Shadow Cabinet discussed a policy,…
The way women talk about themselves
It has been an honour and a privilege for me to get to know some amazing women through…
Being British doesn’t automatically make us Great
There is a great deal to be proud of in being British. We invented trains and television and…
Why the left rarely wins
So, the 99% movement. I don’t write about movement politics much, because it’s not my area of speciality.…
Fraud, Terrorism and the Patchwork Monkey
When I was a little girl, I was read a terrifying, horrific, mesmerising short story called The Patchwork…
