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Article: 'Fatherland' author Harris bids for 'New Statesman'
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 13, 1998
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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 ...