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'''Peter Jay''' (born [[7 February]] [[1937]]) is a British economist, broadcaster and diplomat.
Peter Jay is the son of [[Douglas Jay, Baron Jay|Douglas]] and [[Peggy Jay]] (born 1912), both of whom were [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politicians. He was educated at The [[Dragon School]], Oxford (somewhat ironic given his parents' ardent politics, but then, it was an alma mater of [[Hugh Gaitskell]]), followed by [[Winchester College]] (where he was [[head boy]]) and [[Christ Church, Oxford]], where graduated with a [[first class honours degree]] in [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics|PPE]]. He was commissioned in the [[Royal Navy]], then worked as a [[civil servant]] at [[HM Treasury]] before becoming a [[journalist]] and, for 10 years, economics editor with ''[[The Times]]''.
In the early 1970s, Jay was the principal presenter of ''[[Weekend World]]''. In 1972, Jay co-authored, with his friend [[John Birt, Baron Birt|John Birt]], a series of articles for ''The Times'' where they criticised standard television journalism and developed what came to be called their "mission to explain".
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