Which Side Are You On?

November 4, 2008 in Journalism, UK Politics
Tags: bright, city, commons, guardian, hansard, lords, new statesman, stratton, watt, westminster, wintour

There we were, standing in the Commons Chamber, where vicious political battles have been taking place for more than a century. Unfortunately, and shamefully, we couldn’t quite remember which side of the House we were on. Admittedly Gabriele, being from Italy, had a perfectly legitimate excuse. The rest of us didn’t.
However, it [...]

Politics Is The Art Of Controlling Your Environment…

October 20, 2008 in Journalism, UK Politics, US Politics
Tags: america, bright, city, Journalism, new statesman, politics, stephen, washington post

…at least according to Hunter S Thompson.  If so, Martin Bright can’t be particularly adept at the practice, he’s agreed to teach our UK Politics specialism at City.  As a subscriber to the New Statesman, where he is political editor, I am very pleased. It will be a great experience to learn from a [...]