The Real Martin Bright

I first became aware of another Martin Bright with an interest in radical Islam a couple of years ago when a neighbour commented on remarks I had supposedly made on Any Answers. “Bit strong”, he said. As I hadn’t called the programme, I just thought he was being a bit weird. Then he mentioned another appearance a few weeks later and I twigged I had a doppelganger. 
This was very unsetting for a while, but then the other Martin Bright went away. 
Now he has turned up again, commenting regularly on The Times website. I first found out when I received a call from an old friend and colleague working on the comment desk at the newspaper. He was a little shocked that I had started posting rather aggressive messages on the site.
The latest came in response to David Aaronovitch’s excellent piece on the Gita Sahgal/Amnesty International affair.
This led me to post the following:
“The Martin Bright who has already commented on this post is not me (i.e.