Stuart Weir

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Stuart Weir (born 1938) is a British journalist, writer, and Visiting Professor with the Government Department at the University of Essex. He was previously the Director of the Democratic Audit, formerly a research unit of the University of Essex.[1] Weir was a founder of the constitutional reform pressure group Charter 88, and was editor of the weekly political magazine the New Statesman from 1987–91,[2] having previously been deputy editor of New Society,[1] which merged with the New Statesman in 1988.[2] Weir was editor of the Labour Party's monthly magazine New Socialist in the mid-1980s.

Publications

  • Weir, Stuart (January 1999). Politico's Guide to Electoral Reform in Britain (Paperback ed.). London: Politico's Publishing Ltd. .

References

  1. ^ a b University of Essex, Professor Stuart Weir Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 22 April 2010
  2. ^ a b New Statesman, About, accessed 22 April 2010

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Preceded by
John Lloyd
Editor of the New Statesman
1987–1991
Succeeded by