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June 2025

Lessons in Love
After a bruising week for the government what should they learn to do differently? And can they show a restive PLP that they too will be treated with…
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Emma Burnell, playwright
I want a Neil Kinnock who'd win an election.
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The bet the government is making
Rachel Reeves is staking her success on capital spending. It's more Keynsian than her detractors think, but doesn't come without risks.
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Sometimes, it's OK to laugh at the clowns
Reform overshadows their own progress by highlighting their worst instincts.
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Blue Labour Blues
There is a kernel of a good argument in Blue Labour's analysis, but they have a messenger, motivation and messaging problem that blinds them - and their…
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May 2025

New Zeitgeist Tapes: Conclave
Pretentious? Deep? Or just a 'Whodunnit' for the election of pope?
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Enter Boris
Exit Right. Enter Night. Take my hand, we're off to never Tory land.
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On language, immigration and cohesion
Language matters. Cohesion matters. Language that obscures is incoherent.
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The not so very strange death of Tory England
Is it existential now for the Tories?
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Four Weigh-Ins and a Funeral: STARTS TUESDAY!
Running from Tuesday to Saturday of next week my last play for a while!
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Reflections from Berlin
Or what I did on my holidays...
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