Early Life
He attended Limpsfield primary school in Limpsfield, Surrey; the Christ's Hospital in Horsham, Sussex; Pembroke College, Oxford gaining an MA in PPE; and Université de Lyon. Prior to becoming an MP he was a journalist for the Guardian from 1981–97, and was a councillor in Wandsworth from 1971 to 1982.
During his media career he also worked for The Mail (1966–71), The Financial Times, Labour Weekly (1971-9) and the Daily Star (1980-1). Additionally, he has written on Third Way politics in general and "The Swedish Road to Socialism" in particular.
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