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What's Next?
A farewell to Substack as I take on my next challenge as Editor of LabourList
Jul 26
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Emma Burnell
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Unite(d) we stand?
Is the long fractious relationship between Unite and Labour finally falling apart? And what does that mean for both?
Jul 17
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Emma Burnell
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Things can only get better
The Labour government has to improve its delivery, its management and its coherence in order to deliver its genuinely exciting programme.
Jul 6
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Emma Burnell
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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…
Jun 29
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Emma Burnell
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Emma Burnell, playwright
I want a Neil Kinnock who'd win an election.
Published on What's Left?
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Jun 18
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.
Jun 16
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Emma Burnell
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Sometimes, it's OK to laugh at the clowns
Reform overshadows their own progress by highlighting their worst instincts.
Jun 8
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Emma Burnell
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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…
Jun 1
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Emma Burnell
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May 2025
New Zeitgeist Tapes: Conclave
Pretentious? Deep? Or just a 'Whodunnit' for the election of pope?
May 26
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Emma Burnell
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Enter Boris
Exit Right. Enter Night. Take my hand, we're off to never Tory land.
May 25
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Emma Burnell
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On language, immigration and cohesion
Language matters. Cohesion matters. Language that obscures is incoherent.
May 18
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Emma Burnell
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The not so very strange death of Tory England
Is it existential now for the Tories?
May 5
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Emma Burnell
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