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ABOUT EMMA BURNELL

Emma is a campaigns and public policy professional with nearly two decades of experience who is also a talented and highly sought after writer and commentator. She is widely published and has a proven history of developing and implementing communication strategies, campaigns, managing projects, policy research and development, raising the profile of issues or organisations, stakeholder relationship management and speech writing.

She also possess an excellent understanding of the ways of both Westminster and Whitehall and local government.

Political Human consultancy

The Political Human is a full service political communications consultancy with a difference. Our work is not based on politics, but on people.

Director Emma Burnell has worked in and around Westminster for nearly two decades and has established an exceptional reputation for translating complex policy into documents people want to read, establishing strong human centred corporate identities and finding the heart of an issue that will ensure a campaign is successful. 

Latest podcast: To kill the PODCAST...

This month, Emma and Steve discuss the contemporary politics of historical fiction - from Poldark to Dunkirk. We also focus on how popular culture is adjusting to the age of Trump, with particular focus on Sam Bourne's recent thriller: To Kill the President.

About EMMA BURNELL

Emma is a campaigns and public policy professional with nearly two decades of experience who is also a talented and highly sought after writer and commentator. She is widely published and has a proven history of developing and implementing communication strategies, campaigns, managing projects, policy research and development, raising the profile of issues or organisations, stakeholder relationship management and speech writing.

She also possess an excellent understanding of the ways of both Westminster and Whitehall and local government.

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JOURNALISM

Emma Burnell has written for a range of publications including The Guardian, Independent, New Statesman and the Times. She has appeared on the BBC, Sky News, Channel 4 News and numerous radio programmes. 

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Eurovision voting has nothing to do with Brexit - get over it.

There is nothing those who spend far too much time thinking and tweeting about politics like more than a chance to look like they’re engaging in a national cultural event (one everyone else might also be talking about). The word “hinterland” is flashing like a neon sign in our hindbrains. A chance to look normal – this is all we ask.

Rishi Sunak has reignighted the Tories' class problem
Rishi Sunak has reignighted the Tories' class problem


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Idon’t know what Rishi Sunak’s wife looks like. I don’t know who her favourite band is or which football team she supports. Nor do I care and nor is it my business. If journalists or comedians were making bad jokes about Sunak’s family, that would allow him a perfect right to be as indignant about it as he likes. He’s public property – she isn’t.

But that’s not what’s happening when Sunak is being asked questions about his wife’s business with Russian companies. In this case, a senior law-maker is being asked about his close ties to those dealing with Russian businesses as his government decides on and imposes sanctions on that country.

Ukraine has shown Britain what progressive patriotism could look like
Ukraine has shown Britain what progressive patriotism could look like

The situation in Ukraine – and the response of its people from Zelensky downwards – has shown that a positive narrative of national identity is perfectly possible. Neither does it have to be denied to achieve a sense of international solidarity or national change and development.

Now is the perfect time for progressive people in the UK to ask how we too could adopt this narrative of national solidarity to build a better future.

WHAT THEATRE OWES REAL-LIFE POLITICS


In the final article in her guest editor series, Emma Burnell examines the relationship between theatre and real-life politics, speaking to industry figures such as James Graham, and a number of other critics and playwrights.

Emma Burnell is a Journalist, Political Consultant and Playwright. Her first play, No Cure for Love can be seen here.

“A playwright has to have a really good story. The politics should fit around it… I don’t want ever to feel like I am being hammered around the head with a message.”

These are the words of culture politics journalist Nicole Lambert and they have stuck with me as I have thought about this series of blogs exploring the ways in which politics and the performing arts interact – be that through comedy, a particular playwright or in its effect on an audience. There is so much scope for persuasion and even activation through theatre - but where does that leave the people who are seeing themselves depicted on stage?