War and the death penalty
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand So Osama Bin Laden is dead. I won’t mourn his passing. He was…
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David Cameron is a broadcast politician, in an increasingly interactive age
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand I think it’s fair to say that opinion of the effectiveness of David…
Fear: An apology
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand I talk a lot in this column and on my blog Scarlet Standard…
Why I have finally decided to vote no to AV
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand I have been struggling with my feelings on AV for a really long…
What do we really want from MPs?
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand MPs work very hard. This shouldn’t be a controversial statement about a group…
What Ed can learn from Blair
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand When Tony Blair won the leadership contest in 1994, his style was like…
Labour’s missed trick
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand The world is changing, and the Labour Party needs to change with it.…
What is the cause of Labour’s cuts problem?
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand Yesterday Mark Ferguson wrote about how Labour must be wary of the fact…
It’s OK to spin (as long as you spin well)
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand At the same time that the term “spin” has gone out of fashion,…
Idealism and realism
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand I am an idealist. I look at Britain, and I think about how…
