Editing World in Action (section)

===Political connections===
Although in its early days, ''World in Action'' was reputed never to employ anyone who was on first-name terms with any politician, a number of subsequent British [[Member of Parliament|parliamentarians]] have ''World in Action'' on their [[curriculum vitae|''curricula vitae'']]. The most recent is the Conservative MP [[Adam Holloway]], elected to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] in 2005. Former British [[Cabinet Minister|cabinet minister]] [[Jack Straw]] worked on ''World in Action'' as a researcher, as did [[Margaret Beckett]], who served as [[Tony Blair]]'s last [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Foreign Secretary]]. [[Chris Mullin (politician)|Chris Mullin]], Labour MP for [[Sunderland South (UK Parliament constituency)|Sunderland South]] from 1987 to 2010, played a major role in the programme's campaign on behalf of the Birmingham Six. Gus Macdonald, now Baron Macdonald of Tradeston, and from 1998 to 2003 a government minister, was formerly an executive on the programme. John Birt (by then ennobled as Baron Birt), was personal adviser to British Prime Minister Tony Blair between 2001 and 2005.