Kevin Maguire

Editor

Popular As Kevin Maguire (journalist)

Birthday September 20, 1960

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace South Shields, County Durham (now Tyne and Wear), England

Age 63 years old

Nationality United Kingdom

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1960

Kevin John Maguire (born 20 September 1960) is a British political journalist and is currently associate editor at the Daily Mirror newspaper.

Earlier in his career, Maguire was chief reporter for The Guardian.

Maguire was brought up in South Shields as one of six children.

His brother was a miner at Westoe Colliery, and his mother was a cleaner and factory worker.

1972

Maguire passed his eleven plus, and attended South Shields Grammar-Technical School for Boys from 1972 to 1974.

Maguire studied politics at the University of York and took a journalism postgraduate diploma at Cardiff University.

1984

He worked at the Western Morning News (1984–1987), New Civil Engineer (1987), The Daily Telegraph (1990–1994), the Daily Mirror (1994–1999), and The Guardian (1999–2005).

2001

During his time at The Guardian, he used the term "awkward squad" in an article in 2001 to describe the new generation of left-wing trade union leaders who had emerged at the start of the 21st century in opposition to the policies implemented by New Labour after they entered government.

2008

He appeared on Have I Got News for You for the first time on 24 October 2008.

2009

In April 2009, Maguire became drawn into the Damian McBride affair when it was reported that he had attended a meeting with McBride and Ray Collins to discuss the Labour Party's online political attack strategy.

Maguire is a frequent contributor to Sky News and the BBC.

2011

From mid-2011, he co-hosted a Sunday morning politics show with the Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce on talk radio station LBC 97.3 having previously been a regular stand-in presenter of other shows for the station.

2012

He gave up the show in March 2012 in order to concentrate on his job at the Daily Mirror.

He is a frequent guest on Jeremy Vine, a Channel 5 daytime TV talk show.

Maguire appears Monday–Wednesday on the ITV Breakfast programme Good Morning Britain.

Maguire is married to the journalist and novelist Emma Burstall; they live in South West London and have two sons and one daughter.

2018

On 4 July 2018, he was awarded the Honorary degree of Doctor of Arts from the University of Sunderland.

He identifies as a republican.

He supports the football club Sunderland A.F.C.