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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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The Pasquill campaign gathers pace

  • 02 December 2007
  • 2 comments

An excellent piece by my former colleague Nick Cohen in the Observer sums up the case of the Foreign Office civil servant who blew the whistle on the government's appeasement of radical Islam.

Right-wing newspaper identfies hidden hand of Zion shock

  • 01 December 2007
  • 19 comments

How the Telegraph spotted the international Zionist conspiracy at the heart of Labour's funding crisis.

Can it get any worse?

  • 30 November 2007
  • 3 comments

As Harriet Harman drags Gordon Brown deeper into the donor crisis I still wonder of the government has got it yet

The only way is up

  • 29 November 2007
  • 21 comments

The first step to recovery is for the government to recognise the gravity of the situation. Plus don't miss Inside Track - our unrivalled insights into UK politics

The Known Unknown

  • 28 November 2007

The Labour Party knew very well who David Abrahams was. He was invited to at least one gala dinner and attended party conference

Who is David Abrahams?

  • 28 November 2007
  • 1 comment

Apparently everyone seems to have encountered Labour's latest embarrassing donor, but no one realised he was trouble

My favourite blog just disappeared

  • 28 November 2007
  • 5 comments

The musings of an intern at Labour Party HQ. I assumed this was a spoof blog but then it disappeared as soon as I tried to find out more

Watt Who?

  • 26 November 2007

Finally Peter Watt does the decent thing

The Blair Years

  • 26 November 2007
  • 3 comments

Watching officials come clean about the Iraq War is not a very edifying spectacle

I'm very pleased Nick's now aligned with me

  • 22 November 2007
  • 4 comments

After the spat with Lib Dem leadership rival Nick Clegg, Chris Huhne is unrepentant, determined to prove he's not a predictable, mushy-porridge politician.

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