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By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Murdoch could be jailed for "life of the Parliament" if guilty of contempt - Left Foot Forward By Shamik Das James Murdoch faces a maximum sentence of being "committed to prison during the life of the…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand What has felt at times like a mammoth parliamentary session is now over. The assumptions of mere weeks ago have been challenged, and in some cases changed. As we take a breather, it's time to take stock and…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand The News International scandal rumbled on slowly for so long, that no one expected it to explode in the way that it has. That Ed has been sure footed in the face of a great deal of contrary advice from all…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand "They Seek him here, They Seek him there. In Fleet Street and Parliament Square. That Dedicated follower…"* And that is what David Cameron has proved to be this week. No leader he. His reactions have been…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand It is far too early to tell what effect the News International scandal is going to have on the future of the British media. It is even too early to tell what effect it will have on the premiership of David…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand I've been thinking a great deal about the nature of power. Or rather not of power itself, but of the people who hold it, who embrace it, those who wield it and those who hoard it. Power in our society is…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand Class is just beginning to resonate again in the popular consciousness. The causes of this are varied, but it is the right time to have a full examination of what has happened both to the working class and…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand There's a lot of nervousness about funding in the Labour Party at the moment. To be fair, there's always a lot of nervousness about fundraising, but given the over reliance on union funding and the drying up…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand I want to tell you a story about an incredibly inspiring group of people I know. I've known most of them since we were all teenagers. They don't work in politics. They work in retail, in childcare, in…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand This column is not going to make me popular. It's not going to make the people with whom I most often agree politically feel happy. It might even raise a timid smile to lips of the members of the Labour Party…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand Every now and again there comes along an article that gets us all talking. Sadly, what we're usually saying is "Why are you Labour?" or even worse "Why aren't you a Tory?". These articles are either yet…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand Ed's getting it in the neck at the moment. This happens when he goes away. It happened when he took paternity leave and it's happening again now he's on honeymoon. Of course some do it constantly, but so much…
