Platt, "while not securing a spectacular turnaround in the merged New Statesman & Societys fortunes... made it once again readable". Platt was described as "a propagandist, using New Statesman & Society as a platform for various campaigns against executive abuse of state power", and was credited for bringing stability to it by staying with it, remaking it in a September 1994 into "a much glossier magazine with the self-proclaimed 'new politics' of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown".
Platt, although not achieving a significant turnaround in the merged New Statesman & Society's financial situation... made it readable again. Platt was depicted as a propagandist who utilized New Statesman & Society to promote various campaigns against executive abuse of state power, and is credited with bringing stability to it by remaining with it, rebranding it in September 1994 into "a much more refined magazine with the self-proclaimed 'new politics' of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown".