Stuart Weir (born 1938) is a British
journalist
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...
, writer, and Visiting Professor with the Government Department at the
University of Essex
The University of Essex is a public research university in Essex, England. Established by royal charter in 1965, Essex is one of the original plate glass universities. Essex's shield consists of the ancient arms attributed to the Kingdom of Es ...
. He was previously the Director of the
Democratic Audit, formerly a research unit of the University of Essex.
[University of Essex]
Professor Stuart Weir
, accessed 22 April 2010 Weir was a founder of the constitutional reform pressure group
Charter 88
Charter 88 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 ...
, and was editor of the weekly political magazine the ''
New Statesman
The ''New Statesman'' is a British Political magazine, political and cultural magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney Webb, Sidney and Beatrice ...
'' from 1987–91,
[ having previously been deputy editor of '']New Society
''New Society'' was a weekly magazine of social inquiry and social and cultural comment, published in the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1988. It drew on the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, psychology, human geography, social history and so ...
'',[ which merged with the ''New Statesman'' in 1988.]['']New Statesman
The ''New Statesman'' is a British Political magazine, political and cultural magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney Webb, Sidney and Beatrice ...
''
About
accessed 22 April 2010 Weir was editor of the Labour Party's monthly magazine ''New Socialist'' in the mid-1980s.
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References
External links
Stuart Weir articles
at ''New Statesman''
Stuart Weir articles
at OpenDemocracy.net
1938 births
Living people
British male journalists
Academics of the University of Essex
New Statesman people
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