Article: 'Fatherland' author Harris bids for 'New Statesman'

THE MILLIONAIRE author Robert Harris is leading a consortium of Blairite loyalists which is attempting to buy the New Statesman magazine, writes Julian Kossoff.

Mr Harris confirmed yesterday that he is keen to buy the left- wing political weekly, which is still required reading in Labour Party circles. The author, who has made millions from his highly successful novels, Fatherland, Enigma, and Archangel, is a close friend of both Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Peter Mandelson.

The New Statesman is currently funded by Geoffrey Robinson MP, the Paymaster General. Mr Harris's bid is being encouraged by Downing Street as a means of bringing the ...

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