Luke EmeryThe Cost-of-Living Payments are a Bait-and-SwitchIn October 2021, the £20 per week uplift to Universal Credit enacted at the beginning of the pandemic was ended. This was the most severe…Jun 29, 2022Jun 29, 2022
Luke EmeryLong GoodnightI was waiting at the docks But you had set sail And I think maybe your heart was with the ocean While I strained to fashion a harbour…Apr 17, 2022Apr 17, 2022
Luke EmeryTackling Transphobia in the WorkplaceWhen starting my new job as a benefits adviser, I resolved to come out as trans — something I had never before felt comfortable enough or…Oct 24, 2021Oct 24, 2021
Luke EmeryThe First Lockdown: A Year OnIt’s been a year since the institution of the first lockdown in Britain, since the pandemic beset and quaked our lives across the world…Mar 24, 2021Mar 24, 2021
Luke EmeryThe Politics of Coming OutYesterday: a spark, a grace, amidst all the adversity and horror of the third lockdown. Abigail of Philosophy Tube’s coming out was such a…Jan 31, 2021Jan 31, 2021
Luke EmeryACORN: A RetrospectiveToday is my last official day as an officer for ACORN Leeds. For the better part of 2 years, the union has been a centre of gravity for my…Nov 25, 2020Nov 25, 2020
Luke EmeryAn Uneasy TwilightSo: Leeds is in local lockdown. There’s a kind of grinding predictability about it: bound up with resignation and disillusionment, a…Sep 30, 2020Sep 30, 2020