Kevin Maguire (journalist)
Kevin John Maguire (born 20 September 1960 in South Shields, Tyne & Wear) 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". Early life and education. 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. Kevin 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. Career. Newspapers. 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). 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. Broadcasting. 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. He appeared on "Have I Got News for You" for the first time on 24 October 2008. 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. 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. Personal life. Maguire is married to the journalist and novelist Emma Burstall; they live in South West London and have two sons and one daughter. 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.