Paul Embery
firefighter; trade unionist; columnist; author; broadcaster

Paul Embery has been a firefighter for 24 years and has served on the executive council of the Fire Brigades Union. He is 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 writes a column for UnHerd and is a regular commentator on The Political Correction on GB News.

Follow Paul on Twitter @PaulEmbery

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