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Michael Toner (born 1944) is a British journalist. He was political editor, diplomatic correspondent and leader writer at the Sunday Express,^[1]^[2] chief leader writer on the Daily Mail until 2006,^[3] a political author^[4] and novelist.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

Life and career

Toner was born in Bedfordshire in 1944^[15] and educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of Cambridge.^[8]^[16] He began his career in journalism at the Stoke Sentinel before moving to the Sunday Express^[17] where, in 1981, he interviewed Margaret Thatcher with fellow Express journalist Keith Renshaw.^[18]^[19]^[20] He became leader writer of the Sunday Express^[1]^[2] where he covered many of the controversial topics of the 1980s and 1990s including articles about the IRA, Britain Fumes at US Over I.R.A. Guns,^[21] the miners' strike,^[22] the Falklands War,^[23] child abuse^[24] and the war crime allegations involving Kurt Waldheim.^[25] David Alton described Toner's approach to Alton's anti-abortion bill as "thorough and fair".^[26]

Following his period at the Sunday Express, Toner became Chief Leader Writer at the Daily Mail, a position he held until 2006 when Tom Utley succeeded him to the role.^[3]

Toner's first published work, The Bluffer's Guide To The EU, has run to several editions encapsulating the changing nomenclature of that institution.^[4]^[27]^[28]^[29] He published his first novel, Seeing the Light, in 1997.^[30]^[31]^[32]

Works

Seeing the Light. Published by Simon & Schuster, London, 1997^[7]^[30]
The Bluffer's Guide To The EU. Michael Toner with Christopher White and Lee Rotherham. Published by Oval, London, 1999^[28]^[33]
Bluff Your Way in the City^[34]

References

^ ^a ^b "MT Engagement Diary". margaretthatcher.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Regulating The Press". Google. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Media Lens :: View topic – Leader writers in the UK press". medialens.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Bluff your way in the European Community". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ "Toner, Michael". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ http://fc95d419f4478b3b6e5f-3f71d0fe2b653c4f00f32175760e96e7.r87.cf1.rackcdn.com/C6140EA02F9E4771B11B429097375978.pdf
^ ^a ^b "Seeing the Light". google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b School of the Black & Red, A History of Bedford Modern School, A.G. Underwood (1981)
^ ^a ^b "The Case of Peter Pan, Or the Impossibility of Children's Fiction". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ "Benn's Press Directory". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ "Regulating The Press". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ "David Waddington Memoirs". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ "Vacher's Parliamentary Companion". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ "The Moral Status of Children". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916–2005
^ "Bluff Your Way in the EEC". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ "Way We Were: Roger Jones and his recollections of The Sentinel newspaper in Stoke-on-Trent". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ "Interview for Sunday Express". margaretthatcher.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ "The Battle for Bermondsey". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ "Five at 10". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ "Irish-America and the Ulster Conflict, 1968–1995". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ "IRIS News". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ "The Sydney Morning Herald – Google News Archive Search". Google. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
^ "Crime and the media". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ "Kurt Waldheim". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ David Alton. "ISSUU – Whose Choice Anyway by David Alton". Issuu. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
^ "Bluff your way in the EEC". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "The bluffer's guide to the E.U." worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ "315041383". viaf.org. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Seeing the light". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ "Toner, Michael". loc.gov. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ "Books: A week in books". The Independent. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
^ "The Bluffer's Guide to the E.U." google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ "Bluff Your Way in the City (The Bluffer's City Collection)". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

External links

Michael Toner in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
Michael Toner (journalist) at LibraryThing

[margaretthatcher.org-1] "MT Engagement Diary". margaretthatcher.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[google.com-2] "Regulating The Press". Google. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[medialens.org-3] "Media Lens :: View topic – Leader writers in the UK press". medialens.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[worldcat.org-4] "Bluff your way in the European Community". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[5] "Toner, Michael". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[6] ttp://fc95d419f4478b3b6e5f-3f71d0fe2b653c4f00f32175760e96e7.r87.cf1.rackcdn.com/C6140EA02F9E4771B11B429097375978.pdf

[google.co.uk-7] "Seeing the Light". google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[auto-8] School of the Black & Red, A History of Bedford Modern School, A.G. Underwood (1981)

[google.co.uk1-9] "The Case of Peter Pan, Or the Impossibility of Children's Fiction". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

[10] "Benn's Press Directory". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

[11] "Regulating The Press". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

[12] "David Waddington Memoirs". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

[13] "Vacher's Parliamentary Companion". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

[14] "The Moral Status of Children". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

[15] England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916–2005

[16] "Bluff Your Way in the EEC". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

[17] "Way We Were: Roger Jones and his recollections of The Sentinel newspaper in Stoke-on-Trent". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[18] "Interview for Sunday Express". margaretthatcher.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[19] "The Battle for Bermondsey". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

[20] "Five at 10". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

[21] "Irish-America and the Ulster Conflict, 1968–1995". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

[22] "IRIS News". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

[23] "The Sydney Morning Herald – Google News Archive Search". Google. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

[24] "Crime and the media". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

[25] "Kurt Waldheim". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

[26] David Alton. "ISSUU – Whose Choice Anyway by David Alton". Issuu. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

[27] "Bluff your way in the EEC". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[worldcat.org1-28] "The bluffer's guide to the E.U." worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[29] "315041383". viaf.org. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

[worldcat.org2-30] "Seeing the light". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[31] "Toner, Michael". loc.gov. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

[32] "Books: A week in books". The Independent. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

[33] "The Bluffer's Guide to the E.U." google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[34] "Bluff Your Way in the City (The Bluffer's City Collection)". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

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 Toner was born in [[Bedfordshire]] in 1944<ref>England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916–2005</ref> and educated at [[Bedford Modern School]] and the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lLUaAQAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+the+times&dq=michael+toner+the+times&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_1VtVaifJKSc7ga2mICoDA&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBA|title=Bluff Your Way in the EEC|publisher=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> He began his career in journalism at the ''[[The Sentinel (Staffordshire)|Stoke Sentinel]]'' before moving to the ''[[Sunday Express]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Way-Roger-Jones-recollections-Sentinel-newspaper/story-21659441-detail/story.html|title=Way We Were: Roger Jones and his recollections of The Sentinel newspaper in Stoke-on-Trent|work=Stoke Sentinel|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref> where, in 1981, he interviewed [[Margaret Thatcher]] with fellow ''[[Sunday Express|Express]]'' journalist Keith Renshaw.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104542|title=Interview for Sunday Express|publisher=margaretthatcher.org|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KSEmAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+westminster&dq=michael+toner+westminster&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pnttVfOGMoGe7gbzjIPYDA&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ|title=The Battle for Bermondsey|publisher=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UNEgAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+margaret+thatcher&dq=michael+toner+margaret+thatcher&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AHxtVaSMEKPW7AbU_4KgDg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg|title=Five at 10|publisher=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> He became leader writer of the ''[[Sunday Express]]''<ref name="margaretthatcher.org"/><ref name="google.com"/> where he covered many of the controversial topics of the 1980s and 1990s including articles about the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]], ''Britain Fumes at US Over I.R.A. Guns'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HqBnAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express&dq=michael+toner+sunday+express&hl=en&sa=X&ei=soltVY_HD-Gs7AbH44KACQ&ved=0CEoQ6AEwCTgK|title=Irish-America and the Ulster Conflict, 1968–1995|publisher=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> the [[UK miners' strike (1984–85)|miners' strike]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zEdaAAAAYAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express&dq=michael+toner+sunday+express&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F4ttVYfJCuTd7gbrvYCQDQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBjgU|title=IRIS News|publisher=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> the [[Falklands War]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19820419&id=X55WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D-cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4285,6719362&hl=en|title=The Sydney Morning Herald – Google News Archive Search|publisher=Google|accessdate=3 June 2015}}</ref> child abuse<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZYlAAQAAIAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express&dq=michael+toner+sunday+express&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F4ttVYfJCuTd7gbrvYCQDQ&ved=0CB8Q6AEwADgU|title=Crime and the media|publisher=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> and the war crime allegations involving [[Kurt Waldheim]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mKBnAAAAMAAJ&q=michael+toner+sunday+express&dq=michael+toner+sunday+express&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F4ttVYfJCuTd7gbrvYCQDQ&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAzgU|title=Kurt Waldheim|publisher=google.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> [[David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool|David Alton]] described Toner's approach to Alton's anti-abortion bill as "thorough and fair".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/davidalton/docs/whose-choice-anyway/45|title=ISSUU – Whose Choice Anyway by David Alton|author=David Alton|work=Issuu|accessdate=3 June 2015}}</ref>