Shane Greer – Executive Editor of Total Politics

Shane Greer is a leading political commentator, writer and is the executive editor of the popular political monthly magazine Total Politics. Shane launched Total Politics in 2008 with its publisher, the renowned commentator and blogger, Iain Dale, and has since helped establish it as one of the UK’s top political magazines.

Shane appears regularly on television and radio, including Sky News, BBC News, Daily Politics, BBC Breakfast, BBC World Service, Channel 4 News, More 4 News, Al Jazeera and BBC Radio and is a paper reviewer for both Sky and the BBC.

His first foray into politics was as the Executive Director of the Young Britons’ Foundation and as a lead presenter on the world’s first political internet television channel 18 Doughty Street. Shane is originally from Northern Ireland, but has since set up his home in London after spending time in Glasgow, the North West of England and Washington DC in the USA.

Shane writes for Total Politics, has blogged for the Daily Telegraph and Centre for Political Studies, was an online columnist for Sky News during the 2008 US presidential election and writes for the Yorkshire Post.

Shane’s two books, Why Vote Conservative and So You Want to be a Politician were published in March and April 2010 respectively. The former makes the case for voting Conservative at the coming general election and the latter is an essential read for first time candidates, sitting politicians, anyone intending to run an effective campaign and anyone interested in the art and science of political campaigning. Both books are published by Biteback.

Shane’s deep understanding of politics and political campaigning was recognised by leading US magazine, Campaigns and Elections, which has invited him for the last two years to join the judges panel for the Reed Awards; the US’ preeminent awards recognising campaigning excellence across the spectrum of political campaigns.

Shane has a law degree from the University of Liverpool and a masters degree from the University of Glasgow.