Stuart Weir (13 October 1938 – 2 July 2024) was a British journalist, writer, and Visiting Professor with the Government Department at the

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. 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, and was editor of the weekly political magazine the ''

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'' from 1987 to 1991, having previously been deputy editor of ''

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'', which merged with the ''New Statesman'' in 1988.''

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accessed 22 April 2010 Weir was editor of the Labour Party's monthly magazine ''New Socialist'' in the mid-1980s. He was involved with the Child Poverty Action Group. Weir died on 2 July 2024, at the age of 85.

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at OpenDemocracy.net 1938 births 2024 deaths Academics of the University of Essex British male journalists New Statesman people {{UK-journalist-stub