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
Farewell to all that
- 27 June 2007
How does a political editor fill his time on the day Britain gets a new premier?
Politics
Democracy is good for you
- 25 June 2007
The deputy leadership race began in ridicule and ended in dignity
Culture
A Satanic Affair
- 21 June 2007
- 5 comments
The unmentionable truth about Salman Rushdie's fiction
UK Politics
If only they told the truth
- 21 June 2007
- 1 comment
When the NS revealed how the government would seek to bury bad news during the Blair-Brown transition, ministers issued wrongful denials. Martin Bright reports on politics in disrepute and a parliament that tries to work
Politics
It takes one to know one
- 14 June 2007
- 4 comments
Tony Blair denounces the media for manipulation - while still denying his own addiction to spinning.
UK Politics
Complete Control
- 07 June 2007
- 3 comments
The New Statesman's political editor finds himself overwhelmed by the New Labour machine
Politics
Learning the Islam lessons
- 07 June 2007
- 16 comments
In one of Tony Blair's last public acts, Downing Street assembled an impressive conference on Muslim extremism. But where, asks Martin Bright, does Gordon Brown stand?
Politics
''God doesn't need my vote''
- 07 June 2007
When the New Statesman hosted a debate at the Hay festival and asked a representative of Hamas, a Tory MP and a Palestinian atheist the question: "Is Islam incompatible with democracy?" the discussion was predictably stormy. It was also witty and thoughtful
UK Politics
Vote early, vote often
- 28 May 2007
- 14 comments
The incoming premier is stealthily shifting his position on electoral reform
Ideas
Democracy and Islam at the Hay Festival
- 27 May 2007
- 3 comments
Chairing a debate on radical Islam at the Hay Book Festival brought me face to face with Hamas
