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By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand I'm taking my driving test for the first time on Monday. That's how everyone puts it too - the first time - which seems to imply that it won't be the last. Am I and those I talk to setting myself up for…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand I wrote some instant reaction to Miliband's speech. Overall, my assessment was positive and I retain that. But having seen it on television as well as in the hall - well, overflow room - I think Ed's delivery…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand So Dan Hodges was right. In the end, the inevitable was simply inevitable and David M was the victor. As an Ed M supporter I was - of course - disappointed at the time, but as a Labour loyalist, I've rallied…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand Now as regular readers will know, I don't always have the greatest amount of time and respect for the Liberal Democrats. I didn't before the coalition and little that has happened since has changed my mind…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand There was an intriguing post on LabourList from Alex White yesterday, but to me the piece seemed like a massively wasted opportunity. I've written many posts about New Labour , some more nuanced than others…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand I hear Vince Cable and George Osborne have had a disagreement over banking. Oh and the Lib Dems might rebel over the health vote. Nick Clegg's talking human rights all of a sudden, while the Tories are all…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand David Cameron has every right to go on holiday. Don't get me wrong, the inept mismanagement of having most of the top team including the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Home Secretary…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand At some point last Saturday - as things went from protest, to violence to riot in Tottenham - somebody though to themselves "How do we play this best for Ed"? They will have turned on their television and…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand When I first started blogging I was given some excellent advice by veteran Lib Dem blogger Mark Thompson. He told me to keep a list of possible topics that occur to me when I don't have the time to blog so I…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand I was born in Lewisham, I grew up in Hackney, I've lived in Tottenham and in Walthamstow and in Southwark I now live in Lambeth. Over the last few days I've been frightened for myself, and for my family and…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand I'm worried by the call from Compass and friends for a "public jury" to examine British public life and Public Interest tests. Not because I don't think there is a good idea in there, but because I think…
By Emma Burnell / @emmaburnell When people feel that what little they have is threatened, their focus narrows. They focus not on what the best of all possible outcomes could and should be, not on how we achieve the best that we can be, but…
