Anthony Painter Articles

The tech revolution has barely begun – and politics is already behind, says Anthony Painter Let’s not beat around the bush: the world is in the foothills of transformational change that we cannot yet quantify or fully understand. What is more, the magnitude of the...

New times demand Labour turns away from the social democratic settlement of the postwar world, says Anthony Painter As the second world war drew to a close, western societies began to face the future once again, freed from a terrifying two decades. Out of war and...

Labour’s policy review led by Jon Cruddas became an argument for transformation of the party – and the nation – rather than a simple list of policy ideas. In a newly published e-book, One nation: Labour’s political renewal, Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford present...

Nigel Farage will lose when mainstream parties level with the public, believes Anthony Painter We face a complex set of national challenges. We have an enormous national debt. We are heading towards a position where we spend more on interest than education. We have an...