A Very British Revolution: The Expenses Scandal and How to Save Our Democracy

The revelations over MPs expenses that began in May 2009 ranged from petty thieving to outright fraud and sparked a crisis in confidence unprecedented in modern times. This was a 21st-century Peasants Revolt  an uprising of the people against the political class. Ordinary men and women with political views across the spectrum were by turns amused, incredulous, shocked and then bitterly angry a…

The Truth That Sticks: New Labour's Breach of Trust

Ten years after Labour surged to power at a time of 'hope beyond ordinary imagining', their record in office and abuse of trust have proved a bitter disappointment for millions who believed in their pledge to clean up politics. Martin Bell, a journalist whose career has been made reporting from the world's unquiet corners, and one-time Independent MP elected on an anti-sleaze platform, asks - wha…

The Truth that Sticks: New Labour's Breach of Trust

'[Martin Bell] finds sophistry, venality, illegality and arrogant abuse of power, that has dishonoured individuals and corrupted the public trust. The charge sheet, competently and concisely drawn up, is shocking.' The Times New Labour surged to power eleven years ago on the promise to be 'whiter than white', but their record in office and abuse of trust have proved a bitter disappointment for…

A Very British Revolution: The Expenses Scandal and How to Save Our Democracy (EBOOK: PDF)

The revelations over MPs' expenses that began in May 2009 ranged from petty thieving to outright fraud and sparked a crisis in confidence unprecedented in modern times. This was a 21st-century Peasants' Revolt - an uprising of the people against the political class. Ordinary men and women with political views across the spectrum were by turns amused, incredulous, shocked and then bitterly an…

A Very British Revolution (EBOOK:EPUB)

The revelations over MPs' expenses that began in May 2009 ranged from petty thieving to outright fraud and sparked a crisis in confidence unprecedented in modern times. This was a 21st-century Peasants' Revolt - an uprising of the people against the political class. Ordinary men and women with political views across the spectrum were by turns amused, incredulous, shocked and then bitterly angry a…

In Harm's Way: Bosnia: A War Reporter's Story (PAPERBACK)

First published in September 1995, In Harm’s Way established itself rapidly as a classic of war reporting.Martin Bell’s was BBC TV’s principal correspondent during the war in Bosnia from 1992 to 1995. The original version of this passionate and personal account of the conflict was written while the war was still going on, some of it late at night in the Holiday Inn in Sarajevo.…

For Whom The Bell Tolls (HARDBACK)

    Martin Bell OBE has been many things – an icon of BBC war reporting, Britain’s first independent MP for 50 years, a UNICEF ambassador, and ‘the man in the white suit’ – a tireless campaigner for honesty and accountability in politics.But as For Whom the Bell Tolls reveals, he’s also a poet of light verse, and here Bell’s poems continue his …

For Whom The Bell Tolls (EBOOK: EPUB)

Martin Bell OBE has been many things – an icon of BBC war reporting, Britain’s first independent MP for 50 years, a UNICEF ambassador, and ‘the man in the white suit’ – a tireless campaigner for honesty and accountability in politics. But as his new book reveals, he’s also a poet of light verse, and here Bell’s poems continue his war by other means…