John Lloyd (UK journalist)
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John Lloyd is a journalist, presently contributing editor to the Financial Times
,
where he has been Labour Editor, Industrial editor, East European Editor and Moscow Bureau Chief.
Lloyd was born in 1946, and raised in Anstruther
, Fife, by his grandparents and mother, a beautician.
In the 1970s, Lloyd was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain
and later the
British and Irish Communist Organisation
. He then became a supporter of the Labour Party
.
In the 1990s, Lloyd was one of several prominent members of Common Voice, a British group that advocated voting reform.
Lloyd also supported the Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble
, believing Trimble could help bring peace to Northern Ireland
.
Lloyd,a strong supporter of the Blair
government, also supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq
.
Lloyd became a freelance journalist in 1996, and worked as a columnist for The Times
from 1997 to 1998 and a contributor to the
New Statesman
until 2003.
In 2006 he co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford. He is director of the Axess Programme on Journalism and Democracy.
Lloyd is a member of the editorial board of Prospect, the advisory board of the Moscow School of Political Studies and is a columnist for La Repubblica of Rome. He has won awards for journalism, including Specialist Writer of the Year in the British Press Awards and Journalist of the Year in the Granada What the Papers Say Awards.
His books include Loss without Limit: the British Miners’ Strike (with Martin Adeney,1985); Rebirth of a Nation: an Anatomy of Russia (1998) and What the Media are doing to our Politics (2004).
He is married with one son, Jacob, from a previous marriage.
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
,
where he has been Labour Editor, Industrial editor, East European Editor and Moscow Bureau Chief.
Lloyd was born in 1946, and raised in Anstruther
Anstruther
Anstruther is a small town in Fife, Scotland. The two halves of Anstruther are divided by a small stream called Dreel Burn. Anstruther lies 9 miles south-southeast of St Andrews. It is the largest community on the stretch of north-shore coastline of the Firth of Forth known as the East Neuk,...
, Fife, by his grandparents and mother, a beautician.
In the 1970s, Lloyd was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Communist Party of Great Britain
The Communist Party of Great Britain was the largest communist party in Great Britain, although it never became a mass party like those in France and Italy. It existed from 1920 to 1991.-Formation:...
and later the
British and Irish Communist Organisation
British and Irish Communist Organisation
The British and Irish Communist Organisation was a small but highly influential group based in London, Belfast, Cork, and Dublin. Its leader was Brendan Clifford. The group produced a great number of pamphlets, and many regular publications including, The Irish Communist and Workers Weekly in...
. He then became a supporter of the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
.
In the 1990s, Lloyd was one of several prominent members of Common Voice, a British group that advocated voting reform.
Lloyd also supported the Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble
David Trimble
William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC , is a politician from Northern Ireland. He served as Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party , was the first First Minister of Northern Ireland , and was a Member of the British Parliament . He is currently a life peer for the Conservative Party...
, believing Trimble could help bring peace to Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
.
Lloyd,a strong supporter of the Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
government, also supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq
2003 invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq , was the start of the conflict known as the Iraq War, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein in 21 days of major combat operations...
.
Lloyd became a freelance journalist in 1996, and worked as a columnist for The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
from 1997 to 1998 and a contributor to the
New Statesman
New Statesman
New Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....
until 2003.
In 2006 he co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford. He is director of the Axess Programme on Journalism and Democracy.
Lloyd is a member of the editorial board of Prospect, the advisory board of the Moscow School of Political Studies and is a columnist for La Repubblica of Rome. He has won awards for journalism, including Specialist Writer of the Year in the British Press Awards and Journalist of the Year in the Granada What the Papers Say Awards.
His books include Loss without Limit: the British Miners’ Strike (with Martin Adeney,1985); Rebirth of a Nation: an Anatomy of Russia (1998) and What the Media are doing to our Politics (2004).
He is married with one son, Jacob, from a previous marriage.