Stuart Weir (13 October 1938 – 2 July 2024) was 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.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 New Statesman from 1987 to 1991, having previously been deputy editor of New Society, which merged with the New Statesman in 1988.New Statesman, About, 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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External links Stuart Weir articles at New Statesman Stuart Weir articles at OpenDemocracy.net