Martin Bright

Martin Bright

Martin Bright began his journalistic career writing in very simple English for a magazine aimed at French school children. This experience has informed his style ever since. He worked for the BBC World Service, and The Guardian before joining the Observer as Education Correspondent. He went on to become Home Affairs Editor before becoming the New Statesman's political editor in 2005.

Articles by Martin Bright

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British jihad: Why our anti-terror strategy isn't working

  • 03 April 2008
  • 37 comments

There is a deep and dangerous confusion at the heart of the government's approach to the threat posed by violent Islam

The end of history

  • 27 March 2008
  • 68 comments

The twin anniversaries of 1968 and 2003 remind us that the story of the left is littered with utopian failures

The Emptiness of the Argument

  • 25 March 2008
  • 43 comments

My last posting on the mayoral election caused some debate so I thought I'd wade straight back in

Greater Manchester Police get heavy with New Statesman writer

  • 19 March 2008
  • 8 comments

An encounter between a New Statesman journalist and the police

The woman who nearly stopped the war

  • 19 March 2008
  • 44 comments

Five years ago, Katharine Gun, a translator at GCHQ, learned something so outrageous that she sacrificed her career to tell the truth. Martin Bright on a brave deed that should not be forgotten

A Budget with looming shadows

  • 13 March 2008
  • 10 comments

There were no rabbits in his hat. Hanging over Darling's speech was the spectre of global economic uncertainty. Plus don't miss Donald Hirsch's analysis

On enemy territory

  • 06 March 2008
  • 89 comments

His desire to outflank the Tories on the right has distorted Gordon Brown's thinking

Class war in the House

  • 28 February 2008
  • 25 comments

The Michael Martin affair has exposed a raw tribalism that still separates the two major parties

Coming soon: poll of political insiders

  • 28 February 2008
  • 35 comments

A new website, PoliticsHomeIndex, will allow access daily polling of 100 movers and shakers in the political ferment

Divide for Ken

  • 26 February 2008
  • 105 comments

An online petition to support the Mayor of London suggests he's in more trouble than I thought

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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