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David Osler (architect) ''For the British journalist, see David Osler.'' David Osler (January 9, 1921 – September 8, 2014) was an architect from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Early life and education David W. Osler was born on January 9, 1921, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He had ...

.'' David Osler (born 12 May 1960 in Whitechapel, London) is a British journalist, author and former blogger. He was educated at Wellingborough Grammar School,

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and the

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. Osler is finance editor of ''

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'', the world's oldest English-language daily newspaper. He had previously worked as news editor for ''

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'', the Labour weekly, and for the

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. His freelance contributions have appeared in ''The Guardian'', ''The Observer'', ''The Independent'', ''Daily Telegraph'', and the ''New Statesman''. In 2002, his book ''Labour Party Plc: New Labour as a Party of Business'' was published. He wrote a blog which was described by

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blogger

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as "brilliantly written and extremely insightful". In 2007, he was sued for

libel Defamation is the act of communicating to a third party false statements about a person, place or thing that results in damage to its reputation. It can be spoken (slander) or written (libel). It constitutes a tort or a crime. The legal defi ...

by political activist Johanna Kaschke for a blog article and reader comments which she claimed connected her to the

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gang. The case was struck out in May 2010 by

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as an

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. Kaschke was refused the right of appeal in September 2010. In 2001 Osler won the

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's Journalist of the year award, and in 2014 he won the Seahorse Club News Journalist of the year award. Osler has twice been highly commended in the

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business journalist of the year category, and was long listed for the Orwell Prize (blog section) in 2010 and 2011.

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