Nigel Williamson (UK journalist)
Nigel Williamson (1954-) is a British journalist. Educated at University College London, Williamson worked as a reporter on Tribune (1982-84) and was then briefly its literary editor (1984) before becoming editor (1984-87) as successor to Chris Mullin. Just before the 1987 general election he was hired as the editor of the Labour Party's members' magazine Labour Party News (1987-89), to which he added the editorship of the party's monthly New Socialist (1987-89) after Neil Kinnock fired Stuart Weir as editor for advocating tactical voting during the election campaign. In 1989 Williamson joined The Times as a reporter, becoming diary editor (1990-92), then home news editor (1992-95) and Whitehall correspondent (1995-96). He currently writes on pop music for a variety of publications.
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