Paul Anderson (born 1959) is a British journalist, author and academic.
Anderson was born in Edinburgh, and grew up in Ipswich.
[3][4] Since 1999 Anderson has worked as a contract subeditor on a number of publications, including The Guardian.
[5] Anderson is co-author with Nyta Mann of Safety First: The Making of New Labour (1997),[6] an analysis of how the changes made by Neil Kinnock to Labour Party policies led to the development of New Labour under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
[7][8][2][9] In a review in The Guardian the Labour MP Roy Hattersley praised Safety First for its detailed coverage of such issues as John Prescott's transformation of ministerial governing, and the Party's "Euro- keynesianism," calling it the "best" book on New Labour.