Patrick Diamond (Born 1975) is a British policy advisor, author and historian connected with the Labour Party. The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the main democratic socialist[1] political party in the United Kingdom. ...

Patrick Diamond is currently on sabbatical leave from Downing Street where he served as a special advisor and member of Prime Minister Tony Blair's policy unit since 2001. He is at present a senior visiting fellow at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics as well as the Acting Director of the Policy Network, an international progressive politics thinktank. Downing Street For a wider coverage of London, visit the London Portal. ... The Prime Minister is in practice the most important political office in the United Kingdom. ... Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the UK Labour Party, and Member of the UK Parliament for the constituency of Sedgefield in North East England. ... The London School of Economics and Political Science, often referred to as the London School of Economics or simply the LSE, is a specialist university, located on Houghton Street in Central London, off the Aldwych and next to the Royal Courts of Justice. ... Policy Network is an international think tank based in London devoted to progressive centre-left policy reform. ...

From 2000 to 2001, he was a special advisor to then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Mandelson. Prior to entering British politics, Mr. Diamond worked in London as a fellow of the Institute for Public Policy Research. Mr. Diamond has written widely on contemporary politics and is a regular contributor to European dailies like The Guardian. He is co-author with Anthony Giddens of The New Egalitarianism (Polity, 2005) and also edited New Labour's Old Roots (Polity, 2004) a study of the revisionist social democratic tradition within the Labour Party. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the British cabinet minister who has responsibility for the government of Northern Ireland. ... The Rt Hon. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Institute for Public Policy Research is a think tank in the United Kingdom, with close links to the ruling Labour Party. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... Anthony Giddens in 2000. ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ...

Patrick Diamond is also a former National Chair of the National Organisation of Labour Students, winning election in 1998. He has also been recently tipped by The Evening Standard to run for Tony Blair's Sedgefield seat after the PM steps down from office. National Organisation of Labour Students redirects here. ...