Hugh Muir



Profile:
Full name: Hugh Muir

Area of interest: London issues, black community, race, racism and Islamophobia

Journals: The Guardian

Email: [mailto:hugh.muir@guardian.co.uk hugh.muir@guardian.co.uk]

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Website: Guardian.co / Hugh Muir

Blog: Comments is free...

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Career: Evening Standard, The Guardian: senior reporter, 2003/2007 Current position/role: Diary editor since 2007


 * also writes/has written for: The Daily Telegraph and The Mail on Sunday

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Other activities: Member of the FCO's Caribbean Board

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Controversy/Criticism: Melanie Phillips: The black-red axis, 2nd November 2006

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 * Islamophobia: issues, challenges and action: a report (2004) OCLC 56498817

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The Guardian: 'Diary'
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Remit/Info: Westminster politics

Section: Politics

Role: Diary editor

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Email: [mailto:diary@guardian.co.uk diary@guardian.co.uk]

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Website: Guardian.co / Diary

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Day published: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Regularity: Four days per week

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 * also writes Hideously diverse Britain



Comment pieces:

 * Was Kelis right about British racism? - Racism in Britain is not 'disgusting' as the singer Kelis proclaimed this week, but for the first time in a decade it is on the rise - 16th September 2011
 * Paul Stephenson was never the best officer for the job'' - The former Metropolitan police boss may have been the Tories' favourite but his tenure saw one foul-up follow another - 18th July 2011
 * to its own devices, police culture quickly reverts to type'' - The 'overwhelming white male culture' of the police will only end with absolute, unwavering commitment to change - 7th April 2011
 * reason for police to hold back on grooming investigations'' - The implication that police are hampered by a fear of being called racist if they highlight a crime trend is flawed - 12th January 2011
 * Johnson needs to ask if Met chief is up to the job'' - Last night's student protest debacle is another in a sequence of horror policing operations on Sir Paul Stephenson's watch - 19th December 2010
 * truth about inter-racial adoption'' - The children's minister says race should be no barrier to finding a child an adoptive family – but is this just point-scoring on his part? - 3rd November 2010
 * police community support officers a break'' 2- Hugh Muir: To tackle antisocial behaviour in these cash-strapped times, we must recognise the value of PCSOs rather than denigrating them - 3rd September 2010
 * are you to insult me?'' - Can the use of pejorative terms for people from minorities ever be acceptable? - 21st September 2010
 * the equality commission a break'' - The opportunity to unseat Trevor Phillips has passed – let the ECHR now have the breathing space to prove itself - 16th March 2010
 * Boris, diversity must pay its way'' - In slashing Black History Month funding, London's mayor has shown he is not interested in social good for its own sake - 18th February 2010
 * mess of the Ali Dizaei case'' - While corruption exposed is a cause for celebration, the Met's minority officers can see themselves suffering collateral damage - 9th February 2010
 * defence of political correctness'' - PC has become the complaint of choice for the permanently aggrieved but it's no bad thing to avoid being offensive - 21st December 2009
 * harm in saying sorry'' - Australia has apologised to children forcibly shipped from Britain and Brown is set to follow. There is real value in such statements - 17th November 2009
 * The end of the beginning'' - After the drama of Nick Griffin on Question Time, the real battle is in local politics: people won't turn to the BNP if there's a choice - 24th October 2009
 * De Menezes family has been robbed of hope'' - The jury should have been allowed to consider a verdict of unlawful killing. The inquest was meaningless - 13th December 2008 (see: De Menezes jury record open verdict and rejects police version of shooting, The times, 12th December 2008)

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