🌹 For 72 hours in May, Catherine West was catapulted from backbencher to prospective contender for Number 10 - LabourList goes behind the scenes with an exclusive interview with the woman who forced Labour's hand

RIP

Genuinely sad about Penelope Keith. Margo was a bloody legendary character.

My long, honest and - I hope - fair assessment of the Starmer leadership: labourlist.org/2026/06/fare...

Nigel Farage, Tim Montgomerie, Richard Tice… Your boy took a hell of a beating!

Today Makerfield has the chance to vote for hope. All Labour members should be ‘Clause One Socialists’ – we must hope like hell and fight like hell to win this election. We'll deal with what comes next tomorrow. My LabourList latest:

Took an actual day off before…well whatever comes next. Took myself to the Zoo!

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Anyone who knows me, knows I am a bit of a local government geek. So I am thrilled that we have a new weekly feature highlighting the work Labour is doing in councils across the country.

RIP 💔

I have a student son Henry Nowak’s age & I can’t imagine what it took for his family to respond outside court with the grace they did, asking that their son’s death not be used for division and hate. That Reform & Restore chose to throw that back in their faces makes me feel sick.

🔴 The Milburn Review exposes a generational crisis... Read LabourList editor Emma Burnell's analysis of today's biggest talking point 👇 labourlist.org/2026/05/milb...

Having been through unemployment in my own youth I know the damage it does to a person not just financially but in terms of confidence and mental health. That is why the Milburn Review is so important. labourlist.org/2026/05/milb...

I just cannot put myself into the mindset of anyone who would pay £2k for cruet.

Currently singing ‘Gaviscon’ to the tune of Roxy Music’s Avalon. How is your heatwave going?

🐝 Greater Manchester: music, football and a crucial by-election with Andy Burnham at the helm. 🗳️ 🔴 Read ShakerMakerfield for references to all of the above on LabourList 👇 labourlist.org/2026/05/shak...

I wrote for the FT. And yes, I do slightly pinch myself writing that!

Excellent and EDUKASHUNUL by @emmaburnell.bsky.social

What is Labour’s ‘soft left’ anyway? ft.trib.al/jRIeurW

💯👏🎯 @emmaburnell.bsky.social absolutely spot-on in @labourlist.bsky.social's morning newsletter. (Source: labourlist.org/2026/05/burn...)

I mean yeah. These rarely get me quite so right!

What’s the best thing to do with my first day off in a fortnight? Lie on the sofa watching movies? ❌ Lie in bed reading cosy crime? ❌ Walk 10k for charity? ✅ If you fancy supporting my (slightly mad) choices I would be very grateful! fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/emmas-r...

This beer ain’t never gonna be respectable…

Watch with @emmaburnell.bsky.social on Grange Hill, @markreckons.bsky.social on Running Scared, @alkennedy.bsky.social on Count Duckula, @whenisbirths.bsky.social on Emu's Broadcasting Company and @gfrancie.bsky.social on Faerie Tale Theatre. timworthington.org/2025/01/30/t...

Emma Burnell (@emmaburnell.bsky.social) on Split Second, Sweet Valley High, The Patchwork Monkey, Scoubidou, Whose Side Are You On?: The Miners' Strike Album, the Ever Ready Power To The People advert and more... timworthington.org/2017/09/08/l...

From the very earliest days of Looks Unfamiliar, @invaderace2000.bsky.social on Food Fighters, @emmaburnell.bsky.social on The Patchwork Monkey, @fil5000.bsky.social on the Platoon computer game, @markreckons.bsky.social on Night Shift and more. timworthington.org/2018/04/03/t...

having in mutters and whispers is now bursting forth into a fully public row. My piece on what has been a devastating time for Labour and what is needed now.

Northern determination.. Quoted a bit in this . @labourlist.bsky.social labourlist.org/2026/04/on-t... @emmaburnell.bsky.social

There’s something so utterly moving about the London Marathon. Watching elites break records in the same race as people dressed as bees. Showcasing the best of my wonderful city. It’s just the best of us.

🏃‍♂️‍➡️ 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ They're running..! Meet the Labour MP running the London marathon tomorrow and find out who they are raising money for and why. Good luck CalvinBailey, @chriscurtis94.bsky.social, @joshfg.bsky.social, Josh MacAlister, @charlotte2153.bsky.social ChrisVinceMP We'll be rooting for you!

🔴 “take the anger… and add some hope and a plan”: Does Rowenna Davis have the recipe for success in Croydon? 🧐 LabourList met the Mayoral candidate in Croydon to find out... Read here👇 labourlist.org/2026/04/croy...

EXCLUSIVE: Four in five Labour members think PM has handled Mandelson scandal badly, but are split on new leadership for party

Good luck everyone!

A passionate case for pragmatism. I wrote about my @labourlist.bsky.social interview with the incredible Neil Kinnock. labourlist.org/2026/04/emma...

OK the result was 0-0 but it was a lot of fun.

At my first ever football match with my fab nephew! Up the Orient!

They say never meet your heroes. Well I say to anyone who thinks the: get better heroes and then meet the hell out of them.

Just finalised my guide questions for my conversation with Neil Kinnock tomorrow (live only for Friends of @labourlist.bsky.social & @thefabians.bsky.social ) I’ve filled a page of A4 but could have written 4 times that. It’s going to be fascinating.

Well this is bloody great news.

There is a fascinating piece to be written about the more poetic parts of the take off and landing scripts on space missions. Who writes them, who signs them off and what are the small and big ‘p’ politics involved?

🌹 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 LabourList has just caught up with Anas Sarwar, (hopefully) Scotland's next First Minister 🤞 🔴 Stay tuned for our interview with him as Scottish Labour unveils its campaign battle bus...

I enjoyed writing this because it combined my skills of blending exasperation with optimism, political analysis and music based punning.

This is a great idea. NIMBYs will, of course, oppose. But young people need this provision so councils must ignore them.

Just introduced my nephew to the Four Candles sketch so done my cool aunt duty for the day.

For the life of me I cannot understand the appeal of a movie marathon at a cinema. I try so hard to understand other points of view, perspectives, tastes, hobbies etc. but this one is lost on me.

Aprils Fools was yesterday lads…

Best side effect of the Artemis launch is that I have been humming Tom Lehrer all day.

I’m 51 years old and last night, for what I think is the first time in my life, I had a dream with smells in it. A very strong smell (and no, it wasn’t in my flat when I woke up). Is this normal? Is this how everyone else has been dreaming all this time?

If you see this post a concert photo you took.