Nationality United States Spouse Lucy Kellaway (m. ?–2015) Occupation journalist and editor Parents Philip Goodhart | Name David Goodhart Education Eton College Role Journalist | |
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Born September 12, 1956 (age 67) ( 1956-09-12 ) New York City Known for founder of Prospect magazine Family Mayer Lehman (great great-grandfather) Books The British Dream: Successes and Failures of Post-war Immigration Grandparents Arthur Lehman Goodhart, Cecily Carter Goodhart Uncles Charles Goodhart, William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart | ||
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David Goodhart (born 12 September 1956) is a British journalist, commentator, and author. He is the founder and former editor of Prospect magazine.
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Education and career
Goodhart was educated at Eton College and York University, where he gained a degree in history and politics.
Goodhart was a correspondent for the Financial Times for 12 years; for part of the period he was stationed in Germany. He founded Prospect, a British current affairs magazine in 1995 and was the editor until 2010, when he became editor-at-large. In December, 2011, he was appointed Director of the London-based think tank Demos. As of 2017 he is Head of the Demography, Immigration and Integration Unit at the think tank Policy Exchange.
Goodhart has produced several radio documentaries for the BBC on subjects ranging from the rise of Blue Labour to mass immigration. He has frequently written for The Guardian, The Independent and The Times. In April, 2013, he published the book The British Dream: Successes and Failures of Post-war Immigration, in which he argues that high immigration can undermine national solidarity and be a threat to social democratic ideals about a welfare state. He advocates that immigration to the United Kingdom should be reduced and more emphasis put on integrating immigrants. In August 2014, Goodhart was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.
Goodhart has explained that his book The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics was based upon his belief that the British people decided their Brexit vote on the belief that they were "citizens of Somewhere rather than Anywhere".
Goodhart recalled the turning point for his rejection of modern liberalism:
There was no single moment when I realised I had left the liberal tribe. But one recent incident crystallised matters. I was chatting to a group of friends in a bar, including a few people I didn’t know, and I said I could understand the discomfort that Nigel Farage had recently expressed about not hearing a single English-speaker on a train in London. One of those I didn’t know loudly slammed their glass down and ostentatiously walked out.
Personal
David Goodhart is one of seven children born to Valerie Forbes Winant, the niece of John Gilbert Winant, and former MP Sir Philip Goodhart. He is a great-great-grandson of Mayer Lehman, co-founder of Lehman Brothers. He is married to Financial Times journalist Lucy Kellaway; they have four children and separated in 2015.