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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UK Politics
A Tale of Two Speeches
- 04 October 2007
The difference between the speeches of the two main party leaders was about class. The election will be too.
UK Politics
Middle England's new hero
- 27 September 2007
- 6 comments
Gordon Brown's conference speech made the Labour tribe happy. Yet its main message was not for them, but for the Tory heartlands. Will this be the PM's biggest problem?
Books
Sister act
- 27 September 2007
The Mitford sisters always claimed to be mystified by the attention they received. But they were skilful manipulators of their public image
Electoral Reform on the Agenda
- 23 September 2007
The momentum seems to be building for Gordon Brown's constitutional reforms to include changes to the way we elect our MPs
Bloggers Unite and Fight
- 21 September 2007
The legal action of an Uzbek billionaire shows just how fragile web democracy can be.
A Truly Mighty Heart
- 20 September 2007
- 1 comment
Judea Pearl makes a point many have tried to express but few have rendered with such passion and authority before now.
UK Politics
The history boys
- 20 September 2007
- 3 comments
As Gordon Brown fends off troubles on all fronts ahead of the Labour conference, Martin Bright says the PM should look to his party's roots to revive public confidence
Politics
The dinosaurs, right all along
- 13 September 2007
- 5 comments
The Inside Track with Martin Bright at the TUC plus Tara Hamilton-Miller, Chris Huhne, Peter Wilby and Kevin Maguire
UK Politics
Citizen's advice
- 06 September 2007
- 1 comment
When is the new politics really new, and when is it merely a device to distance Gordon Brown from Tony Blair's legacy? Our political editor, Martin Bright, identifies the places where change is actually taking place
Politics
Guns - where are they all coming from?
- 30 August 2007
- 10 comments
The Conservatives blame Labour for the rise of armed violence. But, as Martin Bright reports, Merseyside's problems can be traced back to a disastrous decision by a former Tory home secretary
