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
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
UK Politics
So very unprofessional
- 02 August 2007
- 7 comments
How did David Cameron lose his nerve and his bearings in just one month? Martin Bright looks at the disarray that has engulfed the Conservatives since Gordon Brown became Prime Minister.
Books
Cohen vs Hari: the battle of the pro-war Left
- 01 August 2007
- 3 comments
Could the spat between Nick Cohen and Johann Hari provide the space for the left to discuss the consequences of the Iraq war in a mature fashion?
UK Politics
Dave's not in love with the common people
- 01 August 2007
- 1 comment
Try as he might David Cameron just can't avoid patronising the lower orders
SciTech
2007: the year that the blog grew up
- 30 July 2007
And the political world lost its fear of new media
Politics
Brown v Cameron. Game over?
- 26 July 2007
- 2 comments
The new Prime Minister has survived his first floods and his first terrorist threat while his Conservative adversary has floundered - all in a month.
UK Politics
No one has told Dave that dull is cool
- 23 July 2007
- 1 comment
Perhaps, just perhaps, the political wind has changed and politics is back to what it does best: the deadly serious
UK Politics
Sunny Jim's big mistake
- 19 July 2007
- 3 comments
The ghost of James Callaghan, the last Labour prime minister to take over midterm, haunts Gordon Brown. The comparison may sound ludicrous, but if he falters it could stick.
