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Who is behind the Tory election campaign? | |
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The Conservative party is pulling in advisers from across the government to work on the election campaign. Here’s a who’s who of some of the key figures. | The Conservative party is pulling in advisers from across the government to work on the election campaign. Here’s a who’s who of some of the key figures. |
Lynton Crosby | Lynton Crosby |
Perhaps the most well-known of Theresa May’s campaign advisers, the Australian election strategist has worked on many Conservative party campaigns, including the 2005 general election, Boris Johnson’s 2008 London mayoral run, and the 2015 election that gave David Cameron his shock Commons majority. | Perhaps the most well-known of Theresa May’s campaign advisers, the Australian election strategist has worked on many Conservative party campaigns, including the 2005 general election, Boris Johnson’s 2008 London mayoral run, and the 2015 election that gave David Cameron his shock Commons majority. |
Nick Timothy | Nick Timothy |
The prime minister’s joint chief of staff was her special adviser when she was home secretary, before becoming director of the New Schools Network, which supports groups setting up free schools. He took an unpaid break from that role to work on May’s 2016 leadership campaign before taking up his current role. He recently fell under the media spotlight himself in connection to allegations of election expenses fraud. | The prime minister’s joint chief of staff was her special adviser when she was home secretary, before becoming director of the New Schools Network, which supports groups setting up free schools. He took an unpaid break from that role to work on May’s 2016 leadership campaign before taking up his current role. He recently fell under the media spotlight himself in connection to allegations of election expenses fraud. |
Fiona Hill | Fiona Hill |
Hill, along with Timothy, is the prime minister’s joint chief of staff. An ex-journalist, Hill worked with May in the Home Office as a media adviser before resigning in 2014 following a reported spat between the Home Office and Michael Gove’s team in the Department for Education. Despite her resignation, observers suspect she remained in close contact with May, before eventually rejoining her leadership team in the summer. | Hill, along with Timothy, is the prime minister’s joint chief of staff. An ex-journalist, Hill worked with May in the Home Office as a media adviser before resigning in 2014 following a reported spat between the Home Office and Michael Gove’s team in the Department for Education. Despite her resignation, observers suspect she remained in close contact with May, before eventually rejoining her leadership team in the summer. |
Tom Edmonds and Craig Elder | Tom Edmonds and Craig Elder |
Co-founders of the digital consultancy Edmonds Elder, they are working on the Tories’ digital and online campaigning, as they did in 2015. The pair said that year’s election result was the first on which digital campaigning had a demonstrable impact. | Co-founders of the digital consultancy Edmonds Elder, they are working on the Tories’ digital and online campaigning, as they did in 2015. The pair said that year’s election result was the first on which digital campaigning had a demonstrable impact. |
John Godfrey | John Godfrey |
May’s policy chief joined the Home Office in the 1980s as a special adviser to John Patten and then to Douglas Hurd, thehome secretary. Since 1995, he has worked in communications in the City, with a nine-year stretch at the insurance giant Legal & General. | May’s policy chief joined the Home Office in the 1980s as a special adviser to John Patten and then to Douglas Hurd, thehome secretary. Since 1995, he has worked in communications in the City, with a nine-year stretch at the insurance giant Legal & General. |
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