Emma Barr

Emma Barr is a political commentator and former special advisor in the Department for Transport.

21 Aug 2023

Culture

Emma Barr

We need more than goals to improve women’s sport

‘Beyond the winning and the goal, Beyond the glory and the flame, He feels the flame within his soul, Born of the spirit of the game’. In his poem, The Great Competitor, Grantland Rice articulated better than anyone that sport is about so much more than winning or losing. And listening to the Lioness’s composed […]

03 Aug 2023

Politics

Emma Barr

U-turn if you want to Rishi, but Conservatives aren’t for turning on the environment

Nothing is more Conservative than looking after the environment. From Disraeli to Churchill to Thatcher, Conservatism has always meant conservationism. Championing the natural world and believing that we have a duty to safeguard our beautiful countryside for generations to come has always been a core Conservative value. Now is not the time to forget this. […]

Emma Barr

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We need more than goals to improve women’s sport

U-turn if you want to Rishi, but Conservatives aren’t for turning on the environment