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.[1] Daubney was a Brexit PartyMember 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 was born on 22 June 1970 in Nottingham.[2] He grew up in Gedling,Nottinghamshire. His father was a coal miner and his mother was a teacher. He has one sister.[3][4] He studied geography at the University of Manchester,and was the first man in his family to graduate from university. He graduated with a third class degree.[4]
Magazine and television career
Daubney's first job in journalism was as a researcher for the women's magazine Bella in 1995.[5] Two years later,he was promoted to commissioning editor. Daubney then became the features editor for the men's lifestyle magazine,FHM in the late 1990s. After this,he was the editor of page3.com for the tabloid newspaper The Sun. He then wrote articles for the sports section of the tabloid newspaper News of the World before becoming the deputy editor of the men's lifestyle magazine Loaded in February 2003. In September that year,he was promoted to editor.[6] In 2005,Loaded increased its depiction of female nudity in an effort to compete with Zoo and the now-defunct Nuts.[7] In a later opinion piece for the Evening Standard,Martin claimed that his days at Loaded "involved boozy photo shoots with topless glamour models and prints with laddish celebs like Ross Kemp and Noel Gallagher".[8] In 2007,he organised a straight pride march as he felt that heterosexuality was being "undermined" and becoming "unfashionable".[9][10]
Daubney left Loaded in November 2010.[11] He was the longest serving editor of the magazine.[12] 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.[4][13]
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.[16]
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