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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Pulsing viscera

  • 10 October 2007
  • 3 comments

Prime Minister's Questions comes to life

The big decision

  • 04 October 2007
  • 4 comments

Martin Bright on the calculations that guided Gordon Brown through the election fever and led him to make his decision

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.

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?

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.

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

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

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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