Seumus Milne
 Seumus Milne     (spin doctor, journalist) | |
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| Born | 1958 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford, Birkbeck, University of London |
| Parents | • Alasdair Milne • (father) |
| Party | Labour |
Seumas Milne (born 1958) is a British journalist and political aide. In October 2015 he was appointed the Labour Party's Executive Director of Strategy and Communications, on leave from The Guardian.[1][2]
Milne joined the newspaper in 1984.[3] He was a columnist and associate editor at The Guardian at the time of his Labour Party appointment, and according to Peter Popham writing for The Independent in 1997, "is on the far left of the Labour Party".[4][5][6] He is the author of The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners, a book about the 1984–5 British miners' strike which focuses on the role of MI5 and Special Branch in the dispute.[7][8]
Milne's journalism and Labour Party appointment were the subject of much negative media comment in October 2015. Peter Preston, Milne's former editor at The Guardian, commented on the ethical challenges faced by journalists-turned-political advisers and concluded about Milne's change of career path: "Houston, we have a challenge: let’s see if we have a problem."
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- ↑ "Media families 7. The Milnes", The Independent, 31 March 1997
- ↑ Daniel Hannan "My top five Leftie columnists", The Daily Telegraph, 10 July 2008
- ↑ "In the air", Evening Standard, 16 August 2006
- ↑ Christopher Andrew The Defence of the Realm, 2009, London: Allen Lane, p.677, and footnote 49, p.968
- ↑ Guardian Comment is Free page for Seumas Milne.
