Political journals ring the changes in a battle of ideas – and a fight for readers

Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger’s arrival at Prospect is part of a trend that is raising the stakes of debate in Britain

The battle between Britain’s political magazines has intensified this summer as editorial changes at leading names on the newsstand mark a serious attempt to get ahead.

Last week, Alan Rusbridger, the former editor of the Guardian, was announced as the new editor at Prospect, the centrist magazine that was set up in 1995 by the author and social analyst David Goodhart.