Claire Ainsley

Energising and hopeful @cnliberalism.org action summit in DC this week with 300+ young people debating ideas for the future. Enjoyed the debate w/ Francis Fukuyama, Shikha Dalmia, Art Eggleton, Jeremiah Johnson on liberalism and w/ Rep Laura Friedman, Pete Brodnitz, and Will Marshall on voter trust

Labour's deputy divisions: insider vs outsider? Tim Shipman and Claire Ainsley from the Progressive Policy Institute join Patrick Gibbons to reflect on Labour's party conference as it draws to a close in Liverpool. This conference has been received...

When Keir Starmer said he was returning Labour to the service of working people, he meant it. Good to talk Labour politics and the electoral strategy underpinning their political direction with Tim Shipman for The Spectator Coffee House Shots:

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Build Back Belief: Why Voters Around the World Lost Faith in Government and How to Win it Back - Progressive Policy Institute INTRODUCTION: A BREAKDOWN IN TRUST  Listening to swing voters in Pittsburgh, Brandenburg, and Accrington, we heard the same story over and over. Frustration, even anger, with the politicians they had ...

Proud to launch this report with @deborahmattinson.bsky.social Tom Brookes for PPI

Thanks to Labour Together and Progressive Britain for co-hosting our launch events today

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Do our leaders really care about us? To keep us on side t... Stretched voters have never been more disaffected and are searching for answers beyond traditional parties

Preview of next week’s research with @debmattin.bsky.social for Progressive Policy Institute on how the global center-left can build back belief between government and the people

In @theobserveruk.bsky.social

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Ending in tears: Labour’s first year in government | Institute for Government Jill Rutter, Claire Ainsley and Sam Freedman join Hannah White to weigh up the government’s highs and lows – and what comes next.

PODCAST🎙️Ending in tears: Labour’s first year in government

@jillongovt.bsky.social, Claire Ainsley and @samfr.bsky.social join @drhannahwhite.bsky.social to weigh up the government’s highs and lows – and what comes next.

Listen in full🎧
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Inside Trump’s America: In conversation with Tim Ryan | Institute for Government Join us to hear former US congressman Tim Ryan share his experiences of frontline US politics.

So looking forward to this: former Congressman Tim Ryan and senior advisor to PPI in conversation with Anushka Asthana, C4 News U.S. Editor, at the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk

Sign up to join in person or online here:

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Looking forward to launching the Building Back Britain report this evening with Labour Growth Group and WPI Strategy - packed full of industry-led ideas to deliver stronger productivity and growth across the country

Previewed in today’s Times and City AM

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I think Labour is at its strongest often when articulating the present and future nation - the modern national identity. Starmer has done this several times but prob not successfully done since Blair ?

Opinion | A Progressive Future Depends on National Identity

New piece from me in today’s @nytimes.com - the progressive case for immigration control

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/o...

Lessons for global centre-left parties from Labor's win - ABC listen Centre-left parties the world over are lamenting the loss of their heartland, as low paid, working-class and non-graduate voters defect to the right. Claire Ainsley was a key aide to the UK Prime Min...

Such a pleasure to chat with @nickbryantoz.bsky.social in Sydney on what the global center left can learn from the recent Australian election for ABC.

Extraordinary circumstances means there’s no easy win here - vital the center left learns the right lessons early

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Governing from the Centre Left in the 2020s The first half of the 2020s has been a turbulent period in global politics, with the Covid pandemic, surging inflation, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the fall and return of Donald Trump. Th...

Governing from the Centre Left in the 2020s

Collection featuring Portugal NZ US Australia & Germany

@eunicegoes.bsky.social
Grant Duncan
@claire-ainsley.bsky.social
@emilyrosefoley.bsky.social & Rob Manwaring
Jörg Michael Dostal
@pjsloman.bsky.social

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The state needs serious reform to work better for those it’s meant to serve. It’s critical to the future of democracy.

Delighted @re-state.bsky.social is here for the challenge, and to be part of their launch essays:

I am! Intermittently. I think Labour do know the voters they want to reach, if that’s the question.

Looking forward to this WPI Strategy local election results analysis tomorrow. Register via rsvp@wpi-strategy.com

How populism gives youth wings Bitter at the old politics, young Germans saw the far-right AfD as a revitalising tonic. How can the left get that taste out of their mouths?

Pleased to be published in @theneweuropean.bsky.social with Deborah Mattinson on new research for PPI on what’s driving populism in Germany, and how the centre left needs to have an urgent alternative for voters who want change:

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Superb - and accessible - explainer on how Trump’s trade war is about to make working Americans poorer from PPI President Will Marshall 👇

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What U.S. Democrats Can Learn from the German Election Last month’s federal election in Germany, which took place at a moment of significant global tension, has attracted international attention.

New in @liberalpatriot.bsky.social for PPI

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The Week in Westminster - 15/03/2025 - BBC Sounds Sonia Sodha of The Observer assesses the latest developments at Westminster.

I could do without the macho imagery and language of chainsaws and the like.

But the centre left has to grip reforming the state so it works better for people.

A pleasure to talk to Sonia Sodha and David Willetts for this week’s BBC Radio 4 Week in Westminster:

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PPI Statement on President Trump’s Continued Reckless Tariffs Campaign - Progressive Policy Institute WASHINGTON — Today, Ed Gresser, Vice President and Director for Trade and Global Markets at the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), issued the following statement in response to President Trump imposi...

If Trump’s tariffs stand, American families will in reality get higher costs for everyday goods like groceries and medicines, while American manufacturers, builders, and farmers will see production costs spike - @progressivepolicy.org @ebgresser.bsky.social
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Join us and @policyatkings.bsky.social on 4 Feb as we discuss the role inequality is playing in fuelling populist politics, with @liambyrnemp.bsky.social, @claire-ainsley.bsky.social , @benansell.bsky.social, @hamidaali.bsky.social and @peterhyman.bsky.social 👇 fairnessfoundation.com/posts/the-re...

Going global and local – the way ahead for the centre left | By Claire Ainsley, Director of the Project on Center-Left Renewal at PPI A second Trump presidency compels the centre left to chart a new course.

As Trump is sworn into office, Democrats start down the difficult road to reconnect with voters.

Writing for FGF, @claire-ainsley.bsky.social maps a path forward for the Dems and asks what a second Trump term means for the UK govt & global centre-left ⬇️
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Rethink - Rethink… political labels - BBC Sounds Is British politics today too complicated to be understood in terms of left and right?

A thoughtful and informed analysis of today’s political labels by @benansell.bsky.social - so enjoyable to have a proper discussion with Giles Dilnot from @conservativehome.bsky.social and @sarahobolt.bsky.social

Listen again via @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Good discussion with @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social and and @JoannaNicolas on @lbc.co.uk this lunchtime on Keir Starmer’s commitment to implement mandatory reporting of abuse.

Child abuse victims deserve action to prevent future cases, not being used for political ends.

Good news for the Govt to start the year - new research for @WPI_Strategy in today’s @FT @thetimes @politico shows U.K. business leaders more positive about investment in the U.K. in 2025 than 2024, with the UK’s political stability the single most important factor:

Read the full report from @debmattinson @Will_PPI and I for @ppi on the US election analysis and what next for Democrats:

www.progressivepolicy.org/ppi-2024-ele...

On wokeness, patriotism and change, Kamala Harris’s defeat has lessons for Starmer | Deborah Mattinson and Claire Ainsley Two former senior advisers to Labour analyse the clear messages from US voters’ preference for Trump

Lessons for Labour and centre-left from the US election -

@debmattinson and I writing in for today’s Observer ahead of our @ppi report this week

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Can you feel it? Labour's big task Recorded live at the Centre for Progressive Policy’s Inclusive Growth Conference on 28th November, this special episode The Power Test looks at where we are six months into the new Labour government a...

Ahead of Labour setting out its plan for making sure it delivers the change voters want - have a listen to this podcast @ThePowerTest on lessons for the centre left from around the world

@ayeshahazarika.bsky.social
@samfr.bsky.social

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Great to talk about lessons from global centre-left at @centrepropolicy.bsky.social for PPI - highlights will be on the next Power Test podcast!

Ask the Experts: A new political landscape? An exceptional panel of experts with Sir John Curtice FBA, Claire Ainsley and Professor Ben Ansell FBA answer your questions about the new political landscape.

I’m looking forward to chairing this panel on Thursday with John Curtice, @claire-ainsley.bsky.social & @benansell.bsky.social on the UK’s changing political landscape. In person tix all gone but you can register to watch online
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The Claire Ainsley Edition Claire Ainsley is a stalwart of left-wing politics. Formerly an executive director at social change organisation the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, she is currently leading a project on the renewal of th...

Talked to Katy Balls for the Women With Balls podcast about my political upbringing and how’s that’s shaped my work on class, poverty, and centre left politics today.

A great series and a pleasure to be part of it - thank you Katy & Spectator for having me on.

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