Anthony Painter, author of Barack Obama: A Movement for Change, writes blogs, articles and appears on TV and the radio. He has written for the Guardian, the Independent, Tribune, and the Birmingham Post and appeared on BBC Breakfast News, The Adam Boulton Show, BBC Radio Five Live, BBC London, LBC, BBC Radio Wales, and dozens of other stations talking about Barack Obama, his administration, and British and European politics.
Anthony was awarded the New Statesman prize for political writing in 2003. He is a sought-after public speaker and an authoritative commentator on British and US politics. He is also Vice Chairman of Governors at Hackney Community College and stood as a candidate for the Labour party in the European elections 2009.
