Article: 'New Statesman' charter torn up

CHRIS BLACKHURST

Westminster Correspondent

The crisis at New Statesman & Society will take another twist today when Philip Jeffrey, its socialist millionaire major shareholder, returns to take day-to-day control.

Speaking to the Independent from Cyprus, where he has been on holiday, before flying back to Britain, Mr Jeffrey offered no guarantees as to the future of the troubled magazine's staff and said he was tearing up its old hallowed constitution.

This followed last week's dramatic intervention by Mr Jeffrey, who for the past two years has acted like an absentee landlord, when he forced the resignation of its entire board. He took that decision after becoming fed up with newspaper ...

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