Hollande will go via Brussels to rescue France
A victory for the Left in today's French election would help those who want more regulation on the City of London writes Olaf Cramme.
Independent on Sunday, 6 May 2012
Should Britain's government offer an in-out referendum on EU membership?
Bagehot's column provides a thorough examination of Policy Network's polling and what it could mean for Cameron's conservatives.
The Economist, 4 May 2012
Southern comfort?
Patrick Diamond welcomes Labour's strong showing in Britain's local elections but believes further economic lessons need to be learned before a general election.
View from 18m05s - available until 12 May 2012.
BBC Newsnight, 4 May 2012
Peter Mandelson calls for EU referendum
Former minister breaks with Labour stance by calling for vote on Europe and foresees fiscally federalist 'eurozone mark two'.
Guardian, 3 May 2012
Could Hollande bring back social democracy?
How Francois Hollande, the French Socialist candidate, could shift the debate on how to solve the debt crisis.
GlobalPost, 28 April 2012
The credibility gap
Michael McTernan explains why Policy Network's new publication
A Centre-Left Project for New Times comes at a vital time for Europe's centre-left.
Progress, 20 April 2012
Will Hollande make it?
Renaud Thillaye previews the first round of the French presidential election
Progress, 20 April 2012
Mayday for the European left
Five elections in the first week of May will show whether the left can recover, writes Olaf Cramme and Patrick Diamond.
New Statesman, 17 April 2012
The (second) end of social democracy
Andrea Romano credits Policy Network's research with sparking a necessary debate amongst the centre-left in Britain and Europe.
Italian language - Google translation here.
Il Sole 24 Ore, 17 April 2012
Why the political right trumps the left
Peter Taylor-Gooby lays out the political trilemma for Labour.
New Statesman, 17 April 2012
After the third way
DagensArena share Olaf Cramme and Patrick Diamond's After the third way op-ed with their Scandinavian audience.
DagensArena, 14 April 2012
Francois Hollande: how to avoid the Zapatero trap?
Olaf Cramme responds to whether a victorious Hollande could avoid the fate of Papandreou and Zapatero.
French language - Google translation here. NB behind paywall.
MediaPart, 10 April 2012
After the third way
Co-editors of new book After the third way, Olaf Cramme and Patrick Diamond, put forward their vision for the future of social democratic parties.
Spanish language - Google translation here
El Pais, 9 April 2012
Is Europe's left ready to govern?
Olaf Cramme and Patrick Diamond write for Comment is Free urging the left not to waste their opportunity to sieze power.
Guardian, 7 April 2012
Is there a future for social democracy?
Olaf Cramme contributes to the debate on the role of social democracy.
Spanish language - Google translation here
El Pais, 25 March 2012
Labour must steer clear of vapid form of leftism
Nicholas Watt breaks the news of Policy Network publication "The next British centre-left" labelling it a "powerful critique of the party".
Guardian, 12 March 2012
Labour's lost liberalism
Now that Blue Labour has come unstuck, the party should reconnect with its orange heritage argue Patrick Diamond and Michael Kenny.
Guardian, 12 March 2012
Eurozone crisis, what crisis?
Editor Dean Carroll provides in-depth analysis of the key points from
Richard Corbett and Loukas Tsoukalis from Policy Network's Bloomberg
conference.
Public Service Europe, 9 March 2012
Mandelson calls for 'eurozone mark II' with finance ministry
Dean Carroll interviews Lord Mandelson after his address to the Future of economic governance conference.
Public Service Europe, 8 March 2012
After the eurozone crisis
Lord Howell writes on how best to meet the long term challenge for Europe after his speech at Policy Network's conference on EU governance.
FCO blogs, 8 March 2012
Putting the UK in the black may be risky for Labour
The left benefits from this debate but mustn’t split over fiscal policy writes Dan Corry.
CityAM, 6 March 2012
Be proud of the work of our MEPs
Patrick Diamond co-signs a letter in support of the European Parliament.
Guardian, 23 February 2012
The struggle between North and South kills the European dream
Lorenzo Biondi interviews Olaf Cramme and asks: does the Greek case mark the end of European political integration?
Italian language - Google translation here
Europa, 14 February 2012
The money question facing Labour
Kitty Ussher takes the conclusions of In the black Labour further with her own personal conclusions.
Progress, 10 February 2012
Bookbenchers: Gloria De Piero MP
The Labour MP chooses
Priorities for a new political economy: Memos to the left when asked 'Which book do you think best sums up 'now'.
Spectator, 28 January 2012
Cameron's drive for co-operatives is privatisation in disguise
Randeep Ramesh cites Policy Network's research on mutualism in Sweden on Comment is Free.
Guardian, 20 January 2012
A political economy fit for purpose
Alex Keynes asks what economic policy lessons the UK could learn from Germany.
openDemocracy, 20 January 2012
Leaders who generate diminishing returns
Philip Stephens' Capitalism in Crisis feature referencing Policy Network analysis of the crisis and the centre-left.
Financial Times, 18 January 2012
Here's a tip for Ed Miliband – study Tory victories
Labour needs to examine the history not only of its own wins, writes Tim Bale, but also those of the Conservatives in 1970 and 1979.
Guardian, 17 January 2012
Labour lost in thought (and time, and space)
Simon Carr's blow-by-blow account of Policy Network's Cameron's Trap event.
Independent, 16 January 2012
Labour told to accept spending cuts to be credible
Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy tells the Guardian the party must reject 'shallow and temporary' populism.
Guardian, 5 January 2012
Ed Miliband warned of Tory tax-and-spend trap
Labour leader is warned that Labour could fall into a Tory "trap" of being cast as the party of tax and spend.
BBC News, 29 December 2011
Ed Miliband risks Tory trap on public spending, says shadow minister
Chief political correspondent Nicholas Watt leads the front page with the launch of Policy Network's publication on "Cameron's trap".
Guardian, 29 December 2011
How Labour can avoid the Tory trap
Cameron's trap authors Gregg McClymont and Ben Jackson write on Comment is Free that Miliband's party should focus on growth and improving living standards, not get caught up in the cuts
Guardian, 28 December 2011
The Democratic Party, Labour & Blairism 2.0
Claudio Cerasa breaks down the key points of the current political and economic arguments of the left.
Italian language.
Il Foglio, 24 December 2011
Social democrats coming together
Erwin Buter interviews Olaf Cramme on how social democrats across Europe can reverse the trend of centre-right parties winning elections.
Dutch language. Page 14-15.
Rood, December 2011
Book review: Purple Book
Peter Hill includes analysis of Patrick Diamond's contribution to the
Purple Book in a review comparison with
Fight Back.
openDemocracy, 13 December 2011
The Politics Show
'In the black Labour' author Adam Lent debates fiscal responsibility and where the government can justify further cuts.
Available on BBC iPlayer until 19 Dec 2011.
BBC, 11 December 2011
Three-speed Union
Lazarus Pietragnoli interviews Olaf Cramme on the eurozone crisis and the implications of a multi-speed Europe.
Italian language.
Europa, 10 December 2011
In rejecting treaty, Cameron is isolated
Director Olaf Cramme weighs in on the debate over whether Cameron's balk in Brussels will someday seem justified.
NY Times, 9 December 2011
Eurozone crisis: Cameron's gambit may fail, leaving Britain isolated
Roger Liddle labels Cameron's gambit "an act of self isolation, taken for purely political reasons".
Huffington Post UK, 9 December 2011
Why Germany raises ire in a struggling Europe
Olaf Cramme believes too little recognition is given to Merkel's strategy of making European countries reform by using the markets.
MinnPost.com, 9 December 2011
Ed Balls is right on the economy – but the public aren't ready for Keynes
Labour can wave all the charts it likes, but it won't work if it runs counter to what the public regard as common sense writes Jonathan Freedland.
The Guardian, 6 December 2011
A fiscal rethink is Labour's only hope of regaining trust
A short-term Keynesian boost to the economy may be necessary, writes Jenni Russell, but Labour will not be trusted until voters believe it will be cautious with their money..
Evening Standard, 5 December 2011
AUDIO: Today Programme
In the black Labour co-author Greame Cook debates the future of the political landscape in Britain with The Spectator's Fraser Nelson.
BBC Radio 4, 3 December 2011
The changing colours of the Labour Party
From Purple Book to Blue Labour to In the black. A look through the key political players and hues.
Huffington Post UK, 2 December 2011
Labour's secret army has turned on Ed Balls. Vive la résistance!
Dan Hodges says In the black Labour's authors know the risks they are taking in releasing their brave, some would say foolhardy, statement.
Telegraph, 2 December 2011
Labour must make fiscal honesty the key to responsible capitalism
Anthony Painter and Hopi Sen write for Comment is Free supporting the launch of the In the black Labour essay.
The Guardian, 1 December 2011
Labour urged to stop dithering over deficit reduction
Political editor, Patrick Wintour's, column on the day Policy Network publish In the black Labour.
The Guardian, 1 December 2011
Labour wakes up, fuzzy and too late
John Rentoul writes that there are still people in the party who realise that winning elections means winning over people who thought that the Tories were right last time.
Independent on Sunday, 27 November 2011
Is a German 'Fourth Reich' emerging?
Olaf Cramme comments on the nature of Germany's political relationship with France.
GlobalPost, 15 November 2011
Euro debt crisis fells governments
Olaf Cramme tells Paul Taylor that "we are witnessing a crisis of national democracy as much as of European democracy".
Reuters, 9 November 2011
Suburbia will be the key battleground in the London and the General Elections
Southern Discomfort's findings return as Rupa Huq thinks recent events should convince us further that it is in suburbia that the next election will be won or lost.
Left Foot Forward, 8 November 2011
AUDIO: World Have Your Say
Olaf Cramme joins a radio discussion panel to share his views on the Eurozone crisis including Italy's need for a public consensus.
BBC World Service, 4 November 2011
Labour's goodies v baddies rhetoric is not anti-business, says John Denham
Patrick Wintour references Policy Network's seminar on the UK and German economies in an interview Labour's former shadow business secretary.
The Guardian, 28 October 2011
Politicans’ objective is to keep options open, not to spell out the endgame
Director Olaf Cramme has published a response to Jean Pisani-Ferry for the FTs' A-list series.
The Financial Times, 26 October 2011
Where's the mutual trust in opening up public services?
On the launch of Policy Network's What mutualism means for Labour pamphlet, Randeep Ramesh writes that Labour is accusing the government of selling out to private firms on plans to allow worker co-ops to run services.
The Guardian, 26 October 2011
Is a new social democratic path emerging in England?
After reflecting on Policy Network’s mutualism initiative, Le Monde’s Christophe Sente asks whether a new strand of social democratic thought is emerging within Britain's Labour party.
Le Monde, 19 October 2011
Democratic deficit in the EU
Danish national radio station DR Forsiden interview Olaf Cramme to discuss his latest paper and last weekend's global protest movements.
DR Forisden, 18 October 2011
Labour's immigration muddle, and a conference of confusion
Sunder Katwala brings Lord Glasman's comments from a recent Policy
Network Labour Party Conference fringe event into the left's internal
immigration debate
openDemocracy, 4 October 2011
Institutional change is vital if individual leadership is to return
Olaf Cramme responds to Kenneth Rogoff's op-ed by calling for a change of conditions that will allow bold politians to lead us out of crisis.
The Financial Times, 3 October 2011
Ed Miliband cannot help his party
Jürgen Krönig asks whether Ed Miliband has what it takes to become prime minister and considers the challenges highlighted by Policy Network’s 'Southern Discomfort: One Year On'.
Die Zeit, 29 September 2011
Labour must take the fight to the Tories, day in, day out
With Policy Network's figures emphasising the age of disillusion, Polly Toynbee asks what would win the attention of voters, both north or south?
The Guardian, 27 September 2011
The problem at the heart of Labour
Mary Ann Seighart believes in order to be listened to again on the
economy Labour must display a high degree of humility about its record.
The Independent, 26 September 2011
‘I told you so’ is not enough to save a left in crisis
Philip Stephens cites Policy Network's research and writes that the post-crash mood in Europe has left voters sceptical as to whether politicians have the answers.
The Financial Times, 26 September 2011
Keeping quiet is Ed’s best chance
Facing poor polling figures amongst swing voters, Miliband and Balls have got to wait until the wind changes argues Martin Ivens
Sunday Times, 25 September 2011
AUDIO: Westminster Hour
Patrick Diamond discusses the lessons for Ed Miliband's Labour party.
Radio 4, 25 September 2011
You can call Ed Miliband many things, but certainly not cautious
Southern Discomfort's findings show Andrew Rawnsley that a big problem for Labour is fear and loathing of what unrestrained markets can do hasn't made voters any more enamoured of the state.
The Observer, 25 September 2011
Ed must wake up to the country's fears about money
Patrick Diamond and Giles Radice make no apology for putting voters' views at the forefront of their analysis in an opinion column summarising their 'Southern Discomfort: One Year On' conclusions.
The Independent, 24 September 11
Warning for Miliband: you're losing the debate on the economy
Political editor Andrew Grice breaks down the key findings of Policy Network's Southern Discomfort: One Year On pamphlet and presents a stark warning that Labour is losing the crucial political battle on the economy
The Independent, 24 September 2011
Moving out, on and back
An analysis of migration after the crash challenges the 'buffer theory', that migrants return home when the economy contracts, with Policy Network's recent study that showed trends in unemployment and income have only a modest impact on net immigration.
The Economist, 27 August 2011
Labour, fear Ukip
Robert Ford and Matthew Goodwin cite Policy Network's immigration and political trust meeting
report to show how negative ratings of immigration can adversely affect voters' trust in their political institutions.
The Guardian, 18 April 2011
Too many inequalities: bridge the gap between rich and poor
Enrico Franceschini reports on Ed Milliband in conversation with Steve
Richards, chief political commentator for The Independent, at Policy
Network's 'Social Progress in the 21st Century' seminar on 1 April.
la Republica, 2 April 2011
The left should look to the laws of physics to overcome this losing streak
Reflecting on David Milibands lecture on why the European left is losing elections, Martin Kettle draws on Policy Network's Germany "state of the left" analysis to shed light on the political dilemmas facing social democracy.
The Guardian, 10 March 2011
A bold Miliband must show sharper elbows
Machiavelli noted that new leaders are disliked by those who did “well under the old conditions” but rarely defended by by those who may “do well under the new”. By Patrick Diamond, Policy Network senior research fellow.
The Financial Times, 24 November 2010
Immigration: Tensions unveiled
Tim Bale cautions in a recent article for Policy Network, a progressive think-tank: “There is no magic bullet ... Sadly, muddling through and messy compromise may well continue to be the order of the day.”
The Financial Times, 16 November 2010
Europe's left offers few solutions to current crisis
Policy Network, a center-left research organisation that tracks the fortunes of European social democratic parties on a comparative basis, has found nothing to be encouraged about in its latest reading.
The New York Times, 1 November 2010
Alla riconquista della middle class
The Italian paper features Southern Discomfort Again together with quotes from Patrick Diamond.
Europa, 13 October 2010
Ed Miliband rules out personal tax rise from Labour deficit plan
After looking at Policy Network's Southern Discomfort Again pamphlet, Ed Miliband is expected to set up a commission into the so-called "squeezed middle".
The Guardian, 10 October 2010
Centrum-links hangt in heel Europa in de touwen
The leading Dutch broadsheet reports on Policy Network's Labour party conference debate on "Progressive times; conservative governments".
De Volkskrant, 1 October 2010
Get it, or it will get you
Bagehot's notebook in the Economist references Policy Network's research on "Southern Discomfort Again?"
The Economist, 30 September 2010
Miliband's threat to the coalition
Mary Ann Sieghart's comment piece reflects on the implications of Labour's southern problem, referencing Policy Network's new pamphlet.
The Independent, 30 September 2010
Desafios das metrópoles: oportunidade privilegiada
Brazillian broadsheet Estadao, publishes an article cowritten by Policy Network's Priya Shankar.
Estadao, 27 September 2010
El Viejo Laborismo encumbra a Ed Miliband
El Pais discusses the election of Ed Miliband as Labour leader, citing Policy Network's "Southern Discomfort Again?" as a key issue the new leader must confront.
El Pais, 26 September 2010
Whoever wins the Labour leadership, they will have a Southern problem
Bagehot's notebook in the Economist discusses
'Southern discomfort again?'
The Economist, 24 September, 2010
The North-South divide that could scupper Labour's election hopes
Andrew Grice reflects upon the implications of Policy Network's findings in "Southern Discomfort Again?"
The Independent, 24 September 2010
Harman cool on plan to halve deficit
New research found that 47 per cent of southern
voters thought the last government’s spending had been “largely wasted".
The Financial Times, 23 September 2010
A briga em família dos trabalhistas
Epoca the Brazillian news weekly, is briefed by Olaf Cramme - director
of Policy Network, in their report on the Labour Party leadership
election.
Epoca, 23 September 2010
Whoever wins, Labour must retake the south
Patrick Diamond, Senior Research Fellow at Policy Network and Giles Radice, Labour Peer and former Policy Network Chairman, discuss their findings from the 'Southern Discomfort Again?' project.
The Financial Times, 23 September 2010