Stuart Weir (UK journalist)
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Stuart Weir is a British
journalist
, writer, and Visiting Professor with the Government Department at the University of Essex
. He is the Director of the Democratic Audit, formerly a research unit of the University of Essex.
Weir was a founder of the constitutional reform pressure group Charter88
, and was editor of the weekly political magazine the New Statesman
from 1987–91, having previously been deputy editor of New Society, which merged with the New Statesman in 1988. Weir was editor of the Labour Party
's monthly magazine New Socialist in the mid-1980s.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, writer, and Visiting Professor with the Government Department at the University of Essex
University of Essex
The University of Essex is a British campus university whose original and largest campus is near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965...
. He is the Director of the Democratic Audit, formerly a research unit of the University of Essex.
Weir was a founder of the constitutional reform pressure group Charter88
Charter88
Charter88 was a British pressure group that advocated constitutional and electoral reform and owes its origins to the lack of a written constitution. It began as a special edition of the New Statesman magazine in 1988 and it took its name from Charter 77 - the Czechoslovak dissident movement...
, and was editor of the weekly political magazine the New Statesman
New Statesman
New Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....
from 1987–91, having previously been deputy editor of New Society, which merged with the New Statesman in 1988. Weir was editor of the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
's monthly magazine New Socialist in the mid-1980s.
External links
- Stuart Weir articles at New Statesman
- Stuart Weir articles at OpenDemocracy.net