Paul Embery
firefighter; trade unionist; author, Despised: why the modern Left loathes the working class; broadcaster

Paul Embery has been a firefighter for 28 years and has served on the executive council of the Fire Brigades Union. He was the national organiser of Trade Unionists Against the EU and was prominent in the Leave campaign during the EU referendum.

Paul has been a member of the Labour Party since 1994 and is active in the Blue Labour movement. He has written widely about the growing disconnect between the working-class and the Left, caused by the latter’s embrace of liberal cosmopolitanism, including in his 2020 book Despised: why the modern Left loathes the working class.

Paul is a regular commentator on GB News.

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RELATED SESSIONS

Thursday 25 September, 18:00 Oldspeak Bookshop, Ringers Yard, Hall St, Long Melford, Sudbury CO10 9JF
Despised: why the modern left loathes the working class

Saturday 18 October, 12:15 Robert Runcie Room, Church House
The rise of the workplace speech police