Patrick Diamond Articles

This is an ambitious attempt by a former Labour cabinet minister to rethink Labour’s doctrine and policy agenda for the post-crisis age. Peter Hain is audacious in aligning his own revisionism with that of the great post war theoretician, Anthony Crosland, who...

The recent ‘No’ vote in the Scottish independence referendum triggered an initial wave of relief across the Labour party which had fought so passionately to safeguard the union. Since the referendum, the Labour leadership has nonetheless appeared defensive, perturbed...

Ed Miliband's task in Manchester this week was inevitably a demanding one. The Labour leader had to rally the faithful by setting out a compelling vision of how British society would be fairer under a Labour government, while at the same time providing a credible...

This is a timely book published nine months from a general election that may well see Labour make a rapid return to government. The author addresses a deceptively simple question that has bedevilled generations of politicians and officials: why does British government...