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Martin Edward Daubney (born 22 June 1970) is a British commentator, journalist and former politician who was the deputy leader of the Reclaim Party from 2021 until August 2022. Daubney was a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands from 2019 to 2020. He was the longest-serving editor of the men's lifestyle magazine Loaded.
Daubney left Loaded in November 2010.
In 2013, Daubney spent six months making a documentary for Channel 4 on pornography addiction called Porn on the Brain.
In October 2023, the media regulator Ofcom ruled that a GB News programme hosted by Daubney breached impartiality and did not give "due weight" to a wide range of views on immigration and asylum policy.
On 25 April 2019, it was announced that Daubney would stand for the Brexit Party in the European Parliament election on 23 May. He was second on his party's list in the West Midlands constituency and was elected as one of its three MEPs there. In the European Parliament, he was a member of the Committee on Regional Development and was part of the delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula.
Daubney was the Brexit Party candidate for Ashfield in the 2019 general election. He finished fourth with 2,501 votes (5.1% of the vote), behind the Conservative, Ashfield Independents and Labour candidates.
In August 2021, Daubney was appointed deputy leader of Laurence Fox's Reclaim Party.
- He was the longest serving editor of the magazine. After leaving the magazine, he became a "stay-at-home dad", and stated that he had postnatal depression following the birth of his first child.
- He supports the men's rights movement.
Political career
Daubney was a Labour Party supporter until the election of Ed Miliband as party leader in 2010. He said that he has also voted for the Liberal Democrats and the Women's Equality Party in the past. He voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union in the 2016 membership referendum and supported a no-deal Brexit.
- Daubney was the party's candidate in the 2021 North Shropshire by-election, finishing seventh with 375 votes (0.98 % of the vote).
Personal life
Daubney has a partner and they have two children.
- They met while working together at The Sun.
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See also
Categories: Living People, 1970 Births, Alumni Of The University Of Manchester, Anti-pornography Activists, Brexit Party Meps, British Broadcaster-politicians, British Journalists, British Magazine Editors, British Political Commentators, Gb News Newsreaders And Journalists, Meps For England 2019–2020, Mass Media People From Nottingham, News Of The World People, People Educated At Carlton Le Willows Academy, People From Gedling, People From Nottinghamshire, Reclaim Party Parliamentary Candidates, Reform Uk Parliamentary Candidates, The Sun People
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