About Martin
Independent Consultant
(Freedom of Religion or Belief and Global Persecution of Christians)
Martin is a former teacher and aid worker who is an academic expert on freedom of religion and radical Islam. He has recently completed his second major book as well as having over 100 articles published particularly on historic British values and the challenge of radical Islam. He is a recognised expert on the human right to freedom of religion or belief and has been repeatedly quoted in the national and international press including the Sunday Times, Daily Mail and the Sunday Express. He currently works as an independent consultant and expert witness for court cases.
Independent Consultant
(Freedom of Religion or Belief and Global Persecution of Christians)
Martin is a former teacher and aid worker who is an academic expert on freedom of religion and radical Islam. He has recently completed his second major book as well as having over 100 articles published particularly on historic British values and the challenge of radical Islam. He is a recognised expert on the human right to freedom of religion or belief and has been repeatedly quoted in the national and international press including the Sunday Times, Daily Mail and the Sunday Express. He currently works as an independent consultant and expert witness for court cases.
Author and writer
Martin is a published author who has recently completed his second major book Good for Society: Christian Values and Conservative Politics, which examines the Judaeo-Christian foundations of the values of the English speaking peoples. He has written over 100 published articles focusing particularly on our national identity and values, international relations and the threat of radical Islam.
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Campaigns
![]() Rail improvements
Martin also spearheaded a successful three and half year campaign to persuade Network Rail to install level crossing barriers at a dangerous unmanned rural level crossing – eventually taking the issue right up to the chief executive of Network Rail. (Photo: Martin with Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP) ![]() Coastguard stations
Two months before the 2010 general election Martin exposed the then government’s plan to close main coastguard stations and was prominent in the campaign which later led the incoming coalition government to substantially scale back the original closure plan. |
![]() Post Brexit Britain
Martin co-led the successful ‘Vote Leave’ campaign in Waveney which achieved a majority of 16,934 in one of the most marginal constituencies in the UK. He had sole responsibility for the development of local campaign issues, press and media relations as well as being involved in the campaigns on the street. Since the referendum Martin has continued to work to help the government achieve the most successful Brexit for the UK. He has written for Brexit Central on some of the key constitutional issues and when negotiations with the EU were being blocked by the Irish government, had a letter published in the Dublin based Irish Times, within 24 hours of which the Irish government withdrew their objections. Read Martin's articles for Brexit Central (Photo: Martin with Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP and Rt Hon George Eustace MP).
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![]() River flooding and sea defence
Martin has campaigned at a national level on both river and coastal flooding and erosion, including urging proper respect for the rights of landowners not to have their land arbitrarily subject to ‘managed retreat’ or be ‘required’ to allow their land to erode without compensation. He was previously district councillor for a rural area of the Suffolk coast that had one of the highest erosion rates in the country. At the end of 2013 while making a presentation at the Conservative Rural Affairs Group meeting with the Environment minister he showed pictures of the Suffolk coast and silted up River Parrett in Somerset, which only a few weeks later were both inundated with devastating floods. (Photo: Martin leading fieldwork teaching students about coastal erosion). |