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Stories by Martin Kettle

Martin Kettle is an associate editor of the Guardian and writes on British, European and American politics, as well as the media, law and music.

Martin Kettle
Why Belgium?

Why Belgium?

There is a longer view to take to understand how the capital city of Belgium is so often in the terrorist front line.
Updated 23 Mar, 2016 04:46pm

Chavez will continue to inspire, but not in Europe

LONDON: One of the most famous things ever said about Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday, was written by the Novel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez after accompanying him on flight from Havana to Caracas in 1999, just before Chavez took office as Venezuela’s
Published 07 Mar, 2013 08:13pm

The Gordon Brown years: highs and lows

No ascent to the prime ministership was more carefully planned and plotted for so long than that of Gordon Brown in...
Published 07 Apr, 2010 12:00am

Handel still a great public speaker

LONDON To come across the British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough in the audience for The Sixteen`s...
Published 15 Aug, 2009 12:00am

Crisis of confidence

THE British prime minister, Gordon Brown, is facing an escalating crisis of confidence inside the parliamentary...
Published 30 May, 2009 12:00am

Brown`s vision of Europe

THE British premier Gordon Brown would prefer Europe not to exist. If he had his way, politics would be played out ...
Published 14 Dec, 2008 12:00am

Race factor in US polls

THERE is a remarkable racial story at the heart of Barack Obama`s historic election. But it may not be quite the one...
Published 10 Nov, 2008 12:00am

TV debates rarely swing US elections

LONDON Too much media coverage of the American election for you? It wasn`t always this way. Sometimes the complaints...
Published 19 Oct, 2008 12:00am

TV debates rarely swing US elections

LONDON: Too much media coverage of the American election for you? It wasn’t always this way. Sometimes the ...
Published 19 Oct, 2008 12:00am

A nightmare for US politics

LONDON It is hard for western politicians not to sound interchangeable in the shadow of an event like the killing of...
Published 01 Jan, 2008 12:00am