Kevin John Maguire (born 20 September 1960 in
South Shields,
Tyne & Wear
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) is a British political journalist and is currently associate editor at the ''
Daily Mirror
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'' newspaper.
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''The Guardian
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'', 9 July 2007 Earlier in his career, Maguire was chief reporter for ''
The Guardian
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''.
Early life and education
Maguire was brought up in South Shields as one of six children. His brother was a miner at
Westoe Colliery, and his mother was a cleaner and factory worker.
[ Kevin Maguire passed his ]eleven plus
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, and attended South Shields Grammar-Technical School for Boys from 1972 to 1974. Maguire studied politics at the University of York and took a journalism postgraduate diploma at Cardiff University.[
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Career
Newspapers
He worked at the ''Western Morning News
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Organisation
The ''Western M ...
'' (1984–1987), ''New Civil Engineer
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'' (1987), ''The Daily Telegraph
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It was f ...
'' (1990–1994), the ''Daily Mirror
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'' (1994–1999), and ''The Guardian
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'' (1999–2005). During his time at ''The Guardian,'' he used the term " awkward squad" in an article in 2001 to describe the new generation of left-wing trade union leaders who had emerged at the start of the 21st century in opposition to the policies implemented by New Labour
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after they entered government.
Broadcasting
In April 2009, Maguire became drawn into the Damian McBride affair when it was reported that he had attended a meeting with McBride and Ray Collins to discuss the Labour Party's online political attack strategy.[Labour's chief 'met e-mail pair']
BBC News
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, 19 April 2009
Maguire is a frequent contributor to Sky News and the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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. He appeared on ''
'' for the first time on 24 October 2008.
From mid-2011, he co-hosted a Sunday morning politics show with the ''Daily Mail''s
having previously been a regular stand-in presenter of other shows for the station. He gave up the show in March 2012 in order to concentrate on his job at the ''Daily Mirror''. He is a frequent guest on
daytime TV talk show. Maguire appears Monday–Wednesday on the
; they live in South West London and have two sons and one daughter. On 4 July 2018, he was awarded the
.
. He supports the football club