New Statesman

:This article is about New Statesman magazine. For the Rik Mayall sitcom of the same name, see The New Statesman.

The past decade

The Statesman was rescued by a takeover by the businessman Philip Jeffrey but in 1996, after prolonged boardroom wrangling over Jeffrey's plans, it was sold to Geoffrey Robinson, the Labour MP and businessman. He fired Platt, and appointed Ian Hargreaves as editor, who in turn fired most of the left-wingers on the staff and turned the Statesman into a strong supporter of Tony Blair as Labour leader. Hargreaves was succeeded by Peter Wilby in 1998, who moved the paper back to the left. John Kampfner, Wilby's political editor, succeded him as editor in May 2005. The Statesman currently sells some 24,000 copies a week.

Related Topics:
Geoffrey Robinson - Labour - Ian Hargreaves - Tony Blair - Peter Wilby - John Kampfner

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