Dan Hodges

Daniel Pearce Jackson "Dan" Hodges (born 7 March 1969) is a British journalist, blogger and columnist. Since March 2016, he has written a weekly column for The Mail on Sunday. Prior to this, he wrote regularly for The Daily Telegraph and in 2013 was described by James Forsyth in The Spectator as David Cameron's "new favourite columnist". A former member of the Labour Party, Hodges is known for his Blairite views and positions.

Hodges is the son of the actress and former Labour MP Glenda Jackson and her then husband Roy Hodges. In the last twenty years, Hodges has worked as a parliamentary researcher, a Labour Party official, GMB official, and as director of communications for Transport for London under Ken Livingstone.

He has been a journalist and a blogger writing for The Guardian, the New Statesman, The Daily Telegraph, The Times and Labour Uncut. He supported Jon Cruddas in the 2007 deputy leadership election as a member of Compass, but has since been critical of the organisation. He supported David Miliband in the 2010 Labour leadership contest and was very critical of Ed Miliband. He also worked for the successful No to AV campaign in 2011.