About the Author

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Patrick Diamond is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Queen Mary, University of London and Chair of the Policy Network think-tank. He is the former Head of Policy Planning in Number Ten Downing Street. Patrick's publications include Endgame for the Centre Left? The Retreat of Social Democracy across Europe; Can Labour Win? The Hard Road to Power; The Predistribution Agenda: Tackling Inequality and Supporting Sustainable Growth (with Claudia Chwalisz); Governing Britain: Power, Politics and the Prime Minister; Progressive Politics After the Crash (with Olaf Cramme and Michael McTernan); and After the Third Way (with Olaf Cramme).