Iain James Martin (born 2 October 1971) is a Scottish political commentator, author and public speaker. He writes a weekly column for ''

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'' and is co-founder, editor and publisher of ''

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'' - a news site providing analysis and opinion on politics, economics and culture. He is a former editor of ''

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'' and ''

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'', and an author of books on the financial crisis and the

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Life and career

He was born in Paisley, and is a graduate of

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. Martin worked as a reporter for the '' Sunday Times Scotland'' (1993–97), as political editor of ''

'' (1997–2000), political editor of ''

'' (2000–01), deputy editor of ''

'' (2001), editor of ''The Scotsman'' (2001–04), editor of ''Scotland on Sunday'' (2004–06), deputy editor of the ''

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'' (2006), and head of comment for the

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(2008–09). In 2016 he founded and is Editor of pro-market news website Reaction that focuses on commentary and analysis on politics, economics, and culture. From 2009 to 2011 he was Deputy Editor of the ''

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'', for which he wrote a blog on politics. He moved to the ''

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'' newspaper in 2011 for a short time to write a weekly political column. He was a co-founder and editor of

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, the site launched by the London-based Centre for Policy Studies in 2014. Since early 2017, he has written a weekly column in

. Martin is wine critic for ''

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''. He has contributed to '' Standpoint'' magazine and the ''

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''. His book ''Making it Happen:

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, RBS and the Men Who Blew Up the British Economy'', on the financial crisis, was published in 2013 by Simon & Schuster. ''Crash, Bang, Wallop: the inside story of London's Big Bang and a financial revolution that changed the world'', was published by Sceptre in September 2016. He is a member of the Advisory Board at The Alpine Fellowship. He lives in London. He is a supporter of

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and believes that

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should be given a peerage.

Works

*''Making it Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the Men Who Blew Up the British Economy'' *''Crash Bang Wallop: the inside story of London's Big Bang and a financial revolution that changed the world''

Awards and honours

*2013

Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award ''Financial Times'' Business Book of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best business book of the year as determined by the ''Financial Times''. It aims to find the book that has 'the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern ...

, shortlisted for ''Making it Happen''

References

1971 births Living people Alumni of the University of Glasgow Place of birth missing (living people) British male journalists British political journalists Scottish bloggers Scottish journalists Scottish newspaper editors The Scotsman people The Wall Street Journal people Male bloggers {{UK-journalist-stub