birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
south shields 1961 kevin maguire -lrb- journalist -rrb-
 kevin maguire associate editor , journalist
kevin maguire -lrb- journalist -rrb-

kevin maguire -lrb- born 1961 , south shields -rrb- is a british political journalist , currently associate editor at the `` daily mirror '' newspaper .
earlier in his career maguire was chief reporter for `` the guardian '' .
in april 2009 maguire became drawn into the damian mcbride affair , when it was reported 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 across the station .
he gave up the show in march 2012 in order to concentrate on his job at the `` daily mirror '' .
maguire lives in kingston upon thames in surrey and is married to novelist emma burstall , who attended the independent st paul 's girls ' school .
he has three children : the eldest attended tiffin school , a selective all-girls grammar school in kingston upon thames .
he supports premier league football club sunderland .
