Martin Kettle

Martin James Kettle (born 7 September 1949) is a British journalist and author.[2] He graduated in modern history from Balliol College, Oxford having matriculated in 1967.Kettle is a long-term contributor to for The Guardian, where he is assistant editor, having worked as the newspaper's Washington D.C. bureau chief from 1997 to 2001.He has often defended New Labour and Tony Blair (a personal friend) – though not over the Iraq War.[citation needed] Kettle has been dismissed by John Pilger as Blair's "most devoted promoter".
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