Iain Duncan Smith’s council house offer is cruelty dressed up as concern
Imagine if every time you invested in an asset, someone threatened to force you to sell it, cut…
Emma Burnell
Despite what they’d have you believe, the Tories aren’t the voice of business
This week I resigned as a company director. The very successful company I have been involved in in…
Labour want to run the country – the country need to know why
The election campaign has begun in earnest. I know because the Tories have started photoshopping posters. Last time it…
We need to be more grown up about what our red lines are for this election
When I first left university, I worked in telesales for four years. I earned a very low wage…
Why are we putting up with this?
A good friend of mine has written a lovely book for young children explaining how elections work. In…
Je ne suis pas Charlie Hebdo
In the hours after the murder of 10 journalists and 2 police officers in Paris, my inbox has…
Je Suis Charlie
There was no question about what was going to write about today. OK, we’re in the midst of…
Goodwill to all – in all the ways we can
Tis the season… I was really pleased to go to the launch of LabourList’s new pamphlet written by an…
Why and how we must fight to make the Labour Party better
This piece was inspired by the recent essay on the death of Social Democracy by Neal Lawson I…
Real change means changing cultures not just systems
I have been thinking a lot about change. About how to achieve it and how to make it…
