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Bright, Martin
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.
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Tony Blair's departure
"After the initial fanfare of his departure announcement, Tony Blair intends to slip away quietly", writes Martin Bright, political editor of the weekly that has published a special issue marking the end of ten years of Tony Blair as Prime Minister of the UK . "Blair was advised ... that to stick around, Thatcher-style, would be undignified. He is unlikely to appear at this year's Labour party conference for fear of upstaging his successor. He could even stand down as MP for Sedgefield, the constituency he has represented since 1983. ... He will then throw himself into the work of the Blair Foundation, his new organisation devoted to a better understanding of interfaith relations, and, with characteristic hubris, into resolving conflict around the world. For better or worse, when he goes he will leave behind him a large empty space in Britain's public life: a gaping Blair-shaped hole ... ."
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