At the moment, what voters aspire to is security
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand When Labour activists talk about tax policy, it’s a racing certainty that someone…
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Labour’s soft left deserve an internal party voice
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand Sunny Hundal has written persuasively today about why Compass’ moves to open up…
Swallowed whole
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand It is becoming clearer and clearer that anti-Labour tribalism is swallowing Liberal Democrat…
What Labour is for (and what it is not for)
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand After scenes of confusion and idiocy from a small but loud minority of…
A Call for Collectivism
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand Recently there has been a lot of focus on individual players within the…
Thinking Counter-Intuitively on the Politics of Economic Recovery
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand The accepted wisdom is that if the economy recovers, the Tories will win…
11 predictions for 2011
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand Here are 11 predictions for 2011 (with some explanation to make it vaguely…
RIP The “New” Politics 2010-2010
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand Remember the “new” politics? It was all about pluralism and parties leaving behind…
Labour Conference should reflect our values
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand Let’s be clear – Labour has done really well on issues of Gender…
National Policy Forum: First Impressions
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand Yesterday I attended my first ever National Policy Forum. I’m sure there were…
