London, 1958

Milne is a British journalist and writer known for his views linked to the left and to social movements, much admired among others by Naomi Klein, who repeatedly quotes him in his book The Shock Doctrine for having converted the newspaper's comment section in a "truly global discussion forum". Columnist and associate editor of The Guardian, he is the author of The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against Miners (1994), a true bestseller in the United Kingdom, which analyzes the British miners' strikes in 1984-85, focusing on the role he played. MI5 and the Special Branch. Additionally, Milne has worked for The Economist and has been a reporter for the Guardian in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Russia, South Asia, and Latin America.

His career has not been without controversy: In a December 2001 dossier, then-Prime Minister Tony Blair cited Seumas Milne as one of the ten most dangerous journalists in the UK. Novelist Robert Harris once described him as a "Stalinist Rip van Winkle," and journalist Melanie Phillips portrayed him as the "spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood / Hamas" on the island.