Paul Embery is a British author, political commentator, and trade union activist. He has worked as a columnist for ''

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'' and '' Huffington Post'', and has hosted ''The Political Correction'' segment of

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. Embery is a member of the Blue Labour campaign movement.

Biography

Embery was born and raised in Dagenham. He served as a firefighter with the London Fire Brigade and was on the executive council of the

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(FBU), serving as the regional secretary of the Fire Brigades Union in London. He became a member of the Labour Party in 1994. In March 2019, Embery spoke at the pro-Brexit

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rally in London. As a result, he was dismissed from his role from the Fire Brigades Union and barred from being a Fire Brigades Union official for two years as the FBU stated Embery's decision to speak at the rally violated their anti-Brexit policy. The decision was criticised by politicians

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and Jon Cruddas. In August 2021, it was ruled that Embery had been unfairly dismissed from his position. Embery was scathing about the New Year Celebration in London Dec 2022 saying that every area of public life was being politicised and drew attention to elements of the fireworks display that celebrated LGBT rights, support for Ukraine in their defence against Russian occupation ad reference to the climate emergency. In 2020, Embery published ''Despised: Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class.''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Embery, Paul British political commentators British political writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Dagenham British trade unionists British Eurosceptics Labour Party (UK) people English socialists Conservatism in the United Kingdom