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Iain Martin

@iainmartin1.bsky.social

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Director of the London Defence Conference. Engelsberg Ideas editor. Weekly newsletter at Reaction on Substack. Author.

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Zohran Mamdani's election as mayor of New York City is part of a decades-long clash between competing visions of America's greatest metropolis. The battle for New York | John Ketcham engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-b...

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The battle for New York

Zohran Mamdani's election as mayor of New York City is part of a decades-long clash between competing visions of America's greatest metropolis, and a historic contest between entrepreneurial aspiratio...

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Bear with, bear with ... hotfoot from Bournemouth, I was allowed by the chaps to do my own 5-point plan on what the Lib Dems need to do next (after Tim's similar re Reform) ... 📻 ... *hard hat*. With @steverichards.bsky.social @iainmartin1.bsky.social and Montie open.spotify.com/episode/2YHL...

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How do the Liberal Democrats become more relevant in a landslide parliament?

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Action replay of this earlier contretemps? No! But just Montie and me this week as @iainmartin1.bsky.social and @steverichards.bsky.social are gallivanting - NAO new ep about political friendships from different 'teams' open.spotify.com/episode/5FUd...

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Labour rebels making a catastrophic economic error leading Britian leftwards. Me on the cost of the last couple of days of chaos. www.reaction.life/p/labour-reb...

Labour rebels making a catastrophic economic error sending Britain leftwards

I hope to be proven mistaken when I say that this brings us close to a crunch moment, when we will be lucky to avoid a Greek-style crisis.

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Iran’s regime stuffed - what if the CRINK is losing? My newsletter for subscribers. open.substack.com/pub/reaction...

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Iran’s regime stuffed - what if the autocratic CRINK is losing?

The Iranian regime made fatal miscalculations that undermine the axis of countries working for the defeat of the West.

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Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Happy 1st birthday to us! A year of the Not Another One podcast with Steve Richards, Tim Montgomerie, Miranda Green and me. Concept was Tim’s - on most political podcasts everyone agrees. We disagree but we like each other. Here’s to year two. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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What if Remain had won the Brexit referendum?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 30/05/2025 · 51m

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Britain’s economy and its politics were broken by the financial crisis. My latest newsletter for subscribers, on RBS and the ongoing impact of the crash… open.substack.com/pub/reaction...

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Britain’s economy and our politics were broken by the financial crisis

The impact of the collapse and rescue of RBS was much bigger than we understood at the time

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

📻 🎂 🎉A double birthday! - I turn *sorry I didn't quite catch that* today (a medical miracle) and Not Another One is A YEAR OLD! First anniversary Brexit ep - it's been growing through word of mouth: Montie @steverichards.bsky.social @iainmartin1.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3noq...

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What if Remain had won the Brexit referendum?

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Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Happy 1st birthday to us! A year of the Not Another One podcast with Steve Richards, Tim Montgomerie, Miranda Green and me. Concept was Tim’s - on most political podcasts everyone agrees. We disagree but we like each other. Here’s to year two. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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What if Remain had won the Brexit referendum?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 30/05/2025 · 51m

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Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Is Rachel Reeves losing her control over the government? Latest episide of Not Another One with Steve Richards, Tim Montgomerie, Miranda Green and me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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Is Rachel Reeves losing her control over the government?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 28/05/2025 · 54m

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Is Rachel Reeves losing her control over the government? Latest episide of Not Another One with Steve Richards, Tim Montgomerie, Miranda Green and me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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Is Rachel Reeves losing her control over the government?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 28/05/2025 · 54m

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Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Why Trump and the US backed the Chagos deal. My latest newsletter for subscribers. open.substack.com/pub/reaction...

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Why Trump and the US backed the Chagos deal

America gets to keep on using the base, India is pleased and the poor old British taxpayer pays the bill

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Why Trump and the US backed the Chagos deal. My latest newsletter for subscribers. open.substack.com/pub/reaction...

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Why Trump and the US backed the Chagos deal

America gets to keep on using the base, India is pleased and the poor old British taxpayer pays the bill

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Is Boris Johnson planning a comeback? On the latest episode of our Not Another One podcast, we discuss Keir Starmer’s EU reset and the likely political implications. With Steve Richards, Miranda Green, Tim Montgomerie and me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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Is Boris Johnson planning a comeback?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 21/05/2025 · 47m

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Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

The power of political language. Weekend edition of the Not Another One podcast with Steve Richards, Tim Montgomerie, @greenmirandahere.bsky.social and me. On soundbites, speechwriting, phrase making and persuasion, from Churchill through Thatcher, Blair, Brexit and more. Plus some Trump.

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

The power of political language. Weekend edition of the Not Another One podcast with Steve Richards, Tim Montgomerie, @greenmirandahere.bsky.social and me. On soundbites, speechwriting, phrase making and persuasion, from Churchill through Thatcher, Blair, Brexit and more. Plus some Trump.

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

The myth of the Single Market open.substack.com/pub/siliconc...

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The myth of the single market

Why Europe’s internal barriers are higher than Trump's tariffs

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Is the Tory party dying? The next general election, probably only three years away, is shaping up to be a Starmer v Farage contest. My latest newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/reaction...

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Starmer v Farage - is the Tory party dying?

The old two party system looks very vulnerable and Reform may be on the verge of replacing the Conservatives

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Island of strangers… Has Starmer got it right or wrong on immigration? The latest episode of Not Another One with Miranda Green, Tim Montgomerie, Steve Richards and me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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Has Starmer got it right on immigration?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 14/05/2025 · 59m

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Transgender revolutionary madness and the extraordinary power of very bad ideas. My latest newsletter is on revolutions and why they usually go wrong. open.substack.com/pub/reaction...

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The transgender revolution and the extraordinary power of very bad ideas

Throughout history, time and again it happens. Revolutions are radicalising events and people get hurt in the process.

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I was on the M3 but the others had a good old chinwag about British Steel the Birmingham bins and more - plus the listener whose data analysis finds me "admirably restrained" re Thatch mentions - tee hee @steverichards.bsky.social @iainmartin1.bsky.social and Montie open.spotify.com/episode/3uig...

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Is the UK government right to take control of British Steel?

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Not Tonight Brosephine @spiderscrawl.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Has anyone been keeping a list of subjects you “need to do a whole podcast about at some point”? There seems to be at least one every episode of (the excellent) #notanotherone podcast. @greenmirandahere.bsky.social @steverichards.bsky.social @iainmartin1.bsky.social

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Council on Geostrategy @congeostrategy.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 🎙️‘Perceptions of defence in a changed world’ @starychsam.bsky.social and @paulmason.bsky.social are joined by @iainmartin1.bsky.social, Director, London Defence Conference, and Dr Hillary Briffa, Senior Lecturer, @warstudieskcl.bsky.social #DefenceTalks @baesystems.com

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Perceptions of defence in a changed world

Watch now | Season 2 | Episode 5

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

never going to get bored of photographing spring blossom

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Council on Geostrategy @congeostrategy.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

We are delighted and honoured to announce that @iainmartin1.bsky.social will be joining our Advisory Board 🌍 Read the full announcement here 👇 www.geostrategy.org....

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Not Another One on the welfare reform green paper - shallow or radical? reform or just cuts? With @steverichards.bsky.social @iainmartin1.bsky.social and me open.spotify.com/episode/2wft... (also on all the other platforms but I'm an apple refusenik so here's the spotify - plse subscribe!)

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Starmer’s Welfare reform - bold radicalism or chaotic and shallow?

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Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Great PMs learn and improve? Can Keir Starmer do it? Since Trump’s inauguration two months ago the Labour leader has undergone an extraordinary metamorphosis. Is it real? Will his party and the voters stand for the policies required? (My latest newsletter.) open.substack.com/pub/reaction...

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Great PMs learn and improve. Can Keir Starmer do it?

Since the inauguration of Trump earlier this year, the Prime Minister appears to have undergone an extraordinary metamorphosis. Is it real? Will his party tolerate the policies required?

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Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Will Trump make Britain fall out of love with America? Latest weekend/magazine edition of Not Another One podcast with @greenmirandahere.bsky.social Tim Montgomerie and me (Steve Richards returns next week). podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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Will Trump make the UK fall out of love with America?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 14/03/2025 · 47m

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Will Trump make Britain fall out of love with America? Latest weekend/magazine edition of Not Another One podcast with @greenmirandahere.bsky.social Tim Montgomerie and me (Steve Richards returns next week). podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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Will Trump make the UK fall out of love with America?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 14/03/2025 · 47m

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Weekend ep of Not Another One attempts to offer relief from the news blizzard again - recommendations of what to read and listen to for perspective. @steverichards.bsky.social live from Portugal with a nice cold glass of vinho. @iainmartin1.bsky.social and Montie open.spotify.com/episode/3ota...

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Can political journalism keep up with events?

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

In the middle of the news blizzard (the diplomatic tumult was still to come when recorded) Not Another One this week is broad: populism, Blue Labour, loneliness, Reform and contagious Trumpism @steverichards.bsky.social @iainmartin1.bsky.social Tim Montgomerie and me open.spotify.com/episode/2o3D...

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Is Trumpism contagious?

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Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Is Trump running Starmer’s defence policy? Latest edition of the Not Another One podcast with Steve Richards, Miranda Green, Tim Montgomerie and me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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Is Trump running Starmer’s defence policy?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 26/02/2025 · 54m

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Benjamin Disraeli first became PM #OTD 1868. From his 1844 novel Coningsby: ‘Manchester is as great a human exploit as Athens … It is the philosopher alone who can conceive the grandeur of Manchester and the immensity of its future.’

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Is Trump running Starmer’s defence policy? Latest edition of the Not Another One podcast with Steve Richards, Miranda Green, Tim Montgomerie and me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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Is Trump running Starmer’s defence policy?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 26/02/2025 · 54m

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I explicitly say in the piece that private or nationalised isn't the key variable, but if people are going to make stupid remarks I am going to respond by going 'yes. By the standards of British railways, privatisation has done an outstanding job'.

A chart showing rail usage in steady decline when nationalised and increasing under privatisation.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Steve Bannon and CPAC are too far right in promoting Nazi symbolism for Le Pen/Bardella to associate with them. The French National Rally are now too moderate for Bannon/MAGA and the Trump core (who prefer Zemmour's more overtly xenophobic party + the German AfD strategy of going harder right)

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Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

What are the domestic consequences of the international crisis?Starmer’s choices, increased defence spending, the impact on policy. Plus what it means for Reform - Latest Not Another One podcast with Steve Richards, Miranda Green, Tim Montgomerie and me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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What are the domestic consequences of the international crisis?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 21/02/2025 · 48m

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

What are the domestic consequences of the international crisis?Starmer’s choices, increased defence spending, the impact on policy. Plus what it means for Reform - Latest Not Another One podcast with Steve Richards, Miranda Green, Tim Montgomerie and me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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What are the domestic consequences of the international crisis?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 21/02/2025 · 48m

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Yes.

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Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Does Trump’s initiative mean peace in Ukraine or a wider European war? The latest episode of Not Another One is out with Tim Montgomerie (chairing this week after a coup) Steve Richards, Miranda Green and me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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Trump’s initiative: Peace in Ukraine or war in Europe?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 19/02/2025 · 52m

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Does Trump’s initiative mean peace in Ukraine or a wider European war? The latest episode of Not Another One is out with Tim Montgomerie (chairing this week after a coup) Steve Richards, Miranda Green and me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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Trump’s initiative: Peace in Ukraine or war in Europe?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 19/02/2025 · 52m

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Peter Ricketts @lordrickettsp.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Macron: “We must also develop a fully integrated European defence industrial and technological base.” He might therefore demand changes in the EU’s protectionist third-country rules which stop UK defence industry from participating in projects involving EU funding. The world has moved on!

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The betrayal of Ukraine. Anthony Beevor in Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the...

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The betrayal of Ukraine

President Trump's 'plan' for Ukraine is not just realpolitik, but ‘might is right’ writ large.

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Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Fifty years of Thatcher: What did she do with power? Not Another One podcast latest. Second episode of our three part series marking five decades since she became Tory leader. With Steve Richards, Miranda Green, Tim Montgomerie and me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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Fifty years of Thatcher: What did she do with power?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 07/02/2025 · 51m

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Fifty years of Thatcher: What did she do with power? Not Another One podcast latest. Second episode of our three part series marking five decades since she became Tory leader. With Steve Richards, Miranda Green, Tim Montgomerie and me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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Fifty years of Thatcher: What did she do with power?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 07/02/2025 · 51m

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Can Starmer get close to Trump and the EU? Latest episode of Not Another One podcast with Steve Richards, Miranda Green, Tim Montgomerie and me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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Can Starmer get close to Trump and the EU?

Podcast Episode · Not Another One · 05/02/2025 · 49m

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Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Trump tariff war will dictate the UK’s geopolitical future. More US or more Europe. My latest newsletter for subscribers. open.substack.com/pub/reaction...

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Trump tariff war will dictate the UK’s geopolitical future

The US President has opened an economically damaging trade war. If he persists, it will force Britain’s government to choose where it stands

Iain Martin @iainmartin1.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Trump tariff war will dictate the UK’s geopolitical future. More US or more Europe. My latest newsletter for subscribers. open.substack.com/pub/reaction...

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Trump tariff war will dictate the UK’s geopolitical future

The US President has opened an economically damaging trade war. If he persists, it will force Britain’s government to choose where it stands

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Special 3 parter over the next few days on the Thatcher anniversary from the Not Another One pod with me @steverichards.bsky.social @iainmartin1.bsky.social and Tim Montgomerie - ep one is out! Her rise 📻https://open.spotify.com/episode/2g3BOpwrqeOVFSQMIIy3L7?si=0b34c226e76d4878

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Fifty years of Thatcher: how did she win?

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