Our team

Short biographies and contact details for our team are available below. For details of other ways to get in touch with us see the contact page.

Laurence Durnan is the editor of Political Scrapbook and has also blogged for Total Politics and New Statesman. He supports Blackburn Rovers but leads an otherwise healthy lifestyle.
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Matt Zarb-Cousin. When not tracking down stories for Scrapbook, Matt works as a researcher in parliament.
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Susheila Juggapah is our projects co-ordinator. She previously volunteered with 38 Degrees on campaigns including Save Our NHS.
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Matthew S. Dent is a political activist and published fiction author. In his spare time, he works to convert his native Tory Berkshire to socialism.
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Kenny Way has previously worked on campaigns and policy for the charity 4Children. Claims to be a “nice” Londoner but actually supports Chelsea Football Club. You can form your own views on that.
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Michael Smith is an NCTJ qualified multimedia journalist. He was the former head of online for Forge Media, editor of SheffieldPolitics.com and has undertaken freelance work for Sky News and the BBC.
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Louis Goddard is a freelance journalist and Labour campaigner. His work has been published in The Times Literary Supplement, The Times and The Independent, as well as on websites in both the UK and the US.
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James Dixon is a professional campaigner and works for a leading animal rights group. Prior to his involvement with Scrapbookhe had edited print titles and written for a number of leading football blogs.
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Conor Pope is a campaigner and award-winning stand up comedian. He also writes a weekly column for LabourList.
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