David Goodhart

David Goodhart (born 12 September 1956) is a British journalist, commentator, and author. He is the founder and former editor of Prospect magazine.

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; in 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, David Goodhart began an appointment as director of the London-based think tank Demos, following which he moved to Policy Exchange think tank.

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 where 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.

David Goodhart is one of seven children born to Valerie Forbes Winant, the niece of John Gilbert Winant, and former MP Sir Philip Goodhart; and 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.

• The British Dream: Successes and Failures of Post-war Immigration (2013). Atlantic Books. ISBN 9781843548058