Stuart Weir: The editor who shaped a country
In 1988, the New Statesman’s campaigning leader devised Charter 88 – a call to arms that radically transformed Britain’s political debate.
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Anthony Barnett is a writer, campaigner and the co-founder of openDemocracy.
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