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Charles Wilson (journalist)

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He said to us: 'We're sending ye tae Wapping, ye soft, English nancies, and if ye wairk very, very hard and if ye doonae git on ma tits, then mebbe I'll not cut off yer knackers and put them in ma Christmas pudding. D'ye have any problems with tha'?' Or words to that
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and they had a daughter. He was later married to the journalist Sally O'Sullivan with whom he had a son and a daughter. They divorced in 2001, and later that year, he married amateur jockey
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man through and through". Wilson, who oversaw a drastic cut in staff less than a year after his appointment (5250 workers, mostly from heavily
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segments of the workforce), was remembered for his forceful demeanour, with Bryson recalling his announcement of the restructuring plan thus:
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from 1976 to 1982, before moving to London to work as deputy editor (1982–1985) and editor (1985–1990) of
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boxing champion, he was feared but respected by many of those who worked for him, among them
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NHS Foundation Trust, where he made significant steps in assuring corporate governance.
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during Wilson's ascension to editor, described him as "a terrifying Scotsman and a
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This article about a Scottish writer, poet or playwright is a
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Scottish journalist and newspaper executive (1935–2022)
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Wilson was married to the broadcaster and journalist
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Charles Wilson (disambiguation)
Glasgow
Eastbank Academy
Anne Robinson
Glasgow
Eastbank Academy
News Chronicle
Daily Mail
Glasgow Evening Times
The Glasgow Herald
The Times
Mirror Group plc
The Sporting Life
The Independent
Royal Marines
Matthew Parris
Bill Bryson
Murdoch
unionized
British Press Awards 2006
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Anne Robinson
Hon
life peer
Baroness Pitkeathley
The London Clinic
"WILSON, Charles Martin"
Who's Who
UK public library membership
The Guardian

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