Martin Bell: A Very British Revolution http://martinbell.org The Expenses Scandal and How to Save Our Democracy, Published by Icon Books, October 2009 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:25:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 ©Martin Bell andrew.furlow@iconbooks.co.uk (Martin Bell) andrew.furlow@iconbooks.co.uk(Martin Bell) News & Politics 1440 Martin Bell, New Labour, Truth That Sticks New Labour's breach of trust Ten free podcasts from Martin Bell looking at the "New Labour" decade in Britain: how it has helped to create a world that is now more dangerous than at any time since the end of the Second World War, and how a government that started out with such high-minded intentions ended up betraying its own principles - and betraying the voters, too. The title is taken from a quotation from Arthur Miller's play After The Fall... "Why is betrayal the only truth that sticks?" Martin Bell Martin Bell andrew.furlow@iconbooks.co.uk No no http://martinbell.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/truths.jpg Martin Bell: A Very British Revolution http://martinbell.org 144 144 Martin Bell’s election message http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:25:28 +0000 admin http://martinbell.org/?p=80

]]> http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events/feed 0 Martin Bell on TV earlier this month http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:08:20 +0000 admin http://martinbell.org/?p=55 Here’s two clips of Martin talking about A Very British Revolution (and much else besides) on, firstly, ITV’s Loose Women:

And secondly, Channel Five’s The Wright Stuff:

]]> http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events/feed 0 Martin Bell explains why he won’t stand against Hazel Blears http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:20:43 +0000 admin http://martinbell.org/?p=49 Courtesy of Manchester News:

]]> http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events/feed 0 Martin Bell on News at Ten http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:17:05 +0000 admin http://martinbell.org/?p=46 Here’s a clip from earlier this year featuring Martin discussing the MP’s expenses scandal earlier this year on News at Ten:

]]> http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events/feed 0 Martin Bell’s book tour for A Very British Revolution launches http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:40:52 +0000 admin http://martinbell.org/?p=42 Martin Bell has now begun his mammoth book tour in support of A Very British Revolution: The Expenses Scandal and How to Save Our Democracy.

He started at the Blenheim Literary Festival on Saturday and the next date is at the Appledore Literary Festival in Devon. Before the end of September he’ll be in Norwich and Manchester and continues from there in October.

Full details are available here and if you’d like any further details on any event, please get in touch via info@iconbooks.co.uk

]]> http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events/feed 0 Martin Bell interviewed for the Government and Public Sector Journal http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:29:19 +0000 admin http://martinbell.org/?p=40 Martin Bell is interviewed by Stuart Littleford of the Government and Public Sector Journal about his new book, to be published at the start of October:

]]> http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events/feed 0 A Very British Revolution arrives from the printer http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:33:18 +0000 admin http://martinbell.org/?p=33 A Very British Revolution, Martin Bell’s new book on the MP’s expenses scandal and what’s next for British democracy, arrived at Icon Books’ HQ today.

It is published on 2nd October.

]]> http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events/feed 0 EXCLUSIVE! Martin Bell reads an extract from A Very British Revolution http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:21:58 +0000 admin http://martinbell.org/?p=24 Martin Bell reads an extract from his forthcoming A Very British Revolution, published by Icon Books on October 2nd 2009.

]]> http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events/feed 0 WELCOME! http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:37:42 +0000 admin http://martinbell.org/?p=19

A very warm welcome to this audio blog by distinguished war correspondent and television journalist Martin Bell OBE.

This is a most unusual blog. Instead of the usual text postings you find in most blogs, we wanted to record ten short programs in which Martin talks – unscripted and directly to the listener – about his reasons for writing his new book, THE TRUTH THAT STICKS.

At an age when most journalists have long ago collected their pensions and quietly taken retirement, Martin is still very much making waves, noise, asking awkward questions, upsetting politicians and generally doing what we all once believed it was a journalist’s job to do.

Martin still thinks that is what good journalists should do – and he’s still vigorously doing it.

Some of what Martin has to say is deeply disturbing. Other parts are wryly humorous. All of it is compelling listening – the voice of a lifetime’s experience from one of the world’s truly great journalists at the height of his powers.

Listening is easy – just click the “Play” button under each program. If you prefer, you can download each mp3 file, or you can click here to subscribe in iTunes.

I hope you enjoy these podcasts – if you do, please tell you friends about them by clicking on the “Share This” link.

And don’t forget to order a copy of Martin’s paperback, out now!

Best wishes,

Simon Flynn

Publishing Director, Icon Books
]]> http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events/feed 0 One – Breach of Promise http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:51:44 +0000 admin http://martinbell.org/?p=18 tony
Creative Commons License photo credit: openDemocracy

New Labour was propelled into office in 1997 on a tide of protest against the sleaze of the Tory years.  Yet at the end of its first decade in power, public trust in public life stood lower than it did at the beginning.
How did this happen?  How much of it was due to individual scandals, how much to the war in Iraq and how much to abuses of power and patronage?  It should not have been like this.

So much of what occurred was unpredictable – and, in retrospect, unbelievable.

]]> http://martinbell.org/http:/martinbell.org/events/feed 0 7:38 photo credit: openDemocracy New Labour was propelled into office in 1997 on a tide of protest against the sleaze of the Tory years.nbsp; Yet at ... photo credit: openDemocracy New Labour was propelled into office in 1997 on a tide of protest against the sleaze of the Tory years.nbsp; Yet at the end of its first decade in power, public trust in public life stood lower than it did at the beginning. How did this happen?nbsp; How much of it was due to individual scandals, how much to the war in Iraq and how much to abuses of power and patronage?nbsp; It should not have been like this. So much of what occurred was unpredictable ndash; and, in retrospect, unbelievable. Podcasts Martin Bell no No