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Why public figures need good friends
The Brand scandal has got me thinking about tribalism and the ways it can bring us to justify our own appalling behaviour. I include myself in this.
Sep 25
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Emma Burnell
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Venom
Come and see my latest play. This time with added me!
Sep 18
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Emma Burnell
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The morning after problem
In seeking to present as small a target as possible for Tory attacks, Labour may be making it harder to actually govern should they win.
Sep 10
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Emma Burnell
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How long can Labour members stay happily unhappy?
Labour's membership figures have dropped as it's poll ratings and donations have risen. How much does this matter and why?
Sep 1
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Emma Burnell
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August 2023
How could the Tories win?
Nothing in politics is impossible. So what would the Tories need to do to change their fortunes?
Aug 23
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Emma Burnell
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How could the Tories win?
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In our paranoid age, did X come before Q?
We like to think our paranoid moment came from a right wing playbook. But what if an old favourite TV show played a role?
Aug 14
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Emma Burnell
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Sunak is a loser. But the best loser the Tories have
Rishi Sunak is very bad at politics. That he's also the best electoral asset the Tories have is therefore unfortunate for them.
Aug 7
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Emma Burnell
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July 2023
Small change? The generous and ungenerous interpretations of Labour's policy stance
Labour are making their offer to voters smaller and trying to reduce so-called spending traps. There are two ways of looking at this offer
Jul 24
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Emma Burnell
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Small change? The generous and ungenerous interpretations of Labour's policy stance
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Prurience and Puritanism, humanity and frailty
This has been a complicated and depressing week full of shades of grey that few are properly acknowledging. That means we are in a more dangerous moment…
Jul 15
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Emma Burnell
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Parties and Members. Rules and Punishments
Political parties are organisations and have rules. But when how they are written, interpreted and enforced becomes factional everyone loses.
Jul 8
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Emma Burnell
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Reassurance and change: Why Hope can't feel like a second term priority
I'm not sure there is much now Labour can do to lose the next election. But they have to offer hope in order to be able to govern well.
Jul 6
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June 2023
Were they lying then or are they lying now?
The government are trying to have it both ways on so-called 'independent' review board. We can't let them.
Jun 25
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Emma Burnell
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