Jeremy Dear was the General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists in Great Britain and Ireland, from 2001 to 2011.
He has a reputation as one of the Awkward Squad of left-wing trade unionists. He is married to Paula Dear (née Jolly) who is a journalist with the BBC. Jeremy Dear is a supporter of the marxist newspaper Socialist Appeal.
Famous quotes containing the word dear:
“List, list, O list!
If thou didst ever thy dear father love—
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Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.
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Murder most foul, as in the best it is,
But this most foul, strange, and unnatural.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)