Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Sign in
Search jobs
Search
The Guardian - Back to homeThe Guardian

Martin Kettle

Martin Kettle is a Guardian associate editor and columnist

November 2023

  • sebastien thibault231115-opinion web

    The Rwanda plan is dead in the real world, but will live on in the fantasyland of Tory politics

    Martin Kettle
    The supreme court judgment was clear. But that won’t stop the party’s nationalist wing believing they can still succeed, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
  • Rishi Sunak speaks during a debate on the king's speech in parliament on Tuesday 7 November 2023.

    Maybe Sunak does have a grand plan. But that king’s speech looked more like an admission of failure

    Martin Kettle
    This ragbag of unambitious measures bears all the hallmarks of a programme that can be quietly abandoned later, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
  • Illustration: Matt Kenyon

    The Covid inquiry has exposed more than just a few bad apples – the whole system is rotten

    Martin Kettle
    The state was completely unprepared for the pandemic – and the next crisis won’t wait for us to fix it, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

October 2023

  • Uncomplicated delight … Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal festival hall

    Philharmonia/Bancroft review – fearless and fiery Copland is a dark heart of US programme

  • The MP for Wellingborough Peter Bone walking in the street

    Sunak’s shambolic government is achieving nothing. Must Britain really wait 15 months to throw it out?

    Martin Kettle
  • Britten Sinfonia and Elizabeth Watts at Milton Court, London.

    Britten Sinfonia/Elizabeth Watts review – perfectly articulated songs of extraordinary power and delicacy

  • Joe Biden with Benjamin Netanyahu, as he visits Israel.

    Joe Biden’s peace mission to Israel exposed the limits of US global influence

    Martin Kettle

  • The universal rules of war that emerged after 1945 are being broken – and not just in the Middle East

    Martin Kettle

  • Rishi Sunak’s speech showed what’s next for the Tories – and it isn’t him

    Martin Kettle

September 2023

  • A book of condolence and a portrait of Giorgio Napolitano at the senate in Rome where his coffin lay in state on 24 September 2023.

    Look back at Giorgio Napolitano: learn the limits of dogma and how good leaders can change lives

    Martin Kettle
  • COP26 in Glasgow<br>Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak holds a green budget box during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble

    See Sunak’s green retreat for what it is: a ruthless short-term electoral gamble

    Martin Kettle

August 2023

  • Illustration of a poster on which the word 'change' has been amended to 'anger'

    Ulez reveals a systemic problem with how UK government works – or rather, doesn’t

    Martin Kettle
  • Prom 51: Weir, Schumann and Elgar with the BBC Symphony Orchestra Judith Weir Begin Afresh c15’ BBC Commission: world premiere Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, ‘Spring’ 30’ Interval Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor 48’ Christian Tetzlaff violin BBC Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo conductor

    Prom 51: BBCSO/Oramo review – Tetzlaff’s Elgar is as good as one could wish

  • Donald Trump

    America on trial: the charges against Trump will decide the fate of a nation

    Martin Kettle
  • Sinn Féin politician Gerry Kelly speaking to the media outside the party's Falls Road office in Belfast, 14 August 2023.

    In Northern Ireland, even a data breach can be deadly – and the ripple effects could be disastrous

    Martin Kettle

  • In our polarised politics, there are no truly independent MPs – and Westminster is poorer for it

    Martin Kettle

  • Prom 30: Sinfonia of London/Wilson review – this was Walton on steroids

  • Prom 24: Bournemouth SO/Karabits – memorable Rachmaninov defines the show

  • Can Labour retake Britain? Soon this Scottish byelection will let us know

    Martin Kettle

July 2023

  • Richard Tice, Leader Of Reform UK, Holds Press Conference<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 20: Reform UK honorary president Nigel Farage listens during a party press conference on March 20, 2023 in London, England. Reform UK was founded in 2018 as the Brexit Party, advocating for a "no-deal" exit from the European Union. It later rebranded as Reform UK. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

    Don’t be fooled: this row is about more than Nigel Farage and Coutts – what lies beneath is Brexit

    Martin Kettle
    Why have Tories and a beleaguered PM fought this battle so fiercely? Because the ex-Ukip leader embodies leave and they fear him, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
About 3,164 results for Martin Kettle
1234...
Explore more on these topics