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 Described by the ''Financial Times'' as “one of the most formidable political strategists in Westminster”, and by the New European as "an unsung titan of the Brexit cause". He is widely seen as the chief architect behind the successful campaign for Britain to leave the EU.
-Elliott is editor-at-large of [[Brexit Central]]. Since early 2017, he has also been a senior fellow at the 'hard Brexit' think tank, the [[Legatum Institute]].
+Elliott is editor-at-large of [[Brexit Central]], an online project launched in September 2016 that promises to hold the Government to account in honouring its pledge that “Brexit means Brexit”. Since early 2017, he has also been a senior fellow at the 'hard Brexit' think tank, the [[Legatum Institute]].
 He also became a political adviser to [[Shore Capital]] in June 2017.<ref>[https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=1323-13244927-34T217M9QP31JCGKUNHDEGR1M1&mhq5j=e5 Shore Capital Hires Matthew Elliott], press release/FT, 1 June 2017</ref>

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 {{Template:Brexit badge}}[[Matthew Elliott]] is a leading political campaigner in the UK.
-Described by the Financial Times as “one of the most formidable political strategists in Westminster”, and by the New European as "an unsung titan of the Brexit cause". He is widely seen as the chief architect behind the successful campaign for Britain to leave the EU.
+Described by the ''Financial Times'' as “one of the most formidable political strategists in Westminster”, and by the New European as "an unsung titan of the Brexit cause". He is widely seen as the chief architect behind the successful campaign for Britain to leave the EU.
-Elliott is Editor-at-Large of [[Brexit Central]]. Since early 2017, he has also been a senior fellow at the 'hard Brexit' think tank, the [[Legatum Institute]].
+Elliott is editor-at-large of [[Brexit Central]]. Since early 2017, he has also been a senior fellow at the 'hard Brexit' think tank, the [[Legatum Institute]].
-He also became a political advisor to [[Shore Capital]] in June 2017.<ref>[https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=1323-13244927-34T217M9QP31JCGKUNHDEGR1M1&mhq5j=e5 Shore Capital Hires Matthew Elliott], press release/FT, 1 June 2017</ref>
+He also became a political adviser to [[Shore Capital]] in June 2017.<ref>[https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=1323-13244927-34T217M9QP31JCGKUNHDEGR1M1&mhq5j=e5 Shore Capital Hires Matthew Elliott], press release/FT, 1 June 2017</ref>
 ==Political campaigner==
-Elliott has spent much of his career leading either deceptive, or anti-democratic campaigns. He was:
+Elliott has spent much of his career leading either deceptive or anti-democratic campaigns. He was:
 ===Pro-Brexit===
 Elliott has been a key player in various eurosceptic campaigns.
-Elliott is Editor-at-Large of [[Brexit Central]]. Since early 2017, he has also been a senior fellow at the 'hard Brexit' think tank, the [[Legatum Institute]]. According to the Institute he is 'focusing on a UK-US trade deal and researching the rise of Populism abroad'.
+Elliott is Editor-at-Large of [[Brexit Central]]. Since early 2017, he has also been a senior fellow at the 'hard Brexit' think tank, the [[Legatum Institute]]. According to the Institute, he is 'focusing on a UK-US trade deal and researching the rise of Populism abroad'.
 Elliott was CEO of [[Vote Leave]], the official Brexit campaign in the 2016 EU referendum. Elliott is described as 'the principal architect behind the historic Leave victory'.<ref>[http://brexitcentral.com/author/matthew-elliott/ Elliott]], Brexit Central, accessed Oct 2017</ref>
-He also founded [[Business for Britain]] in 2013, where he oversaw the publication of ‘Change, or Go: How Britain would gain influence and prosper outside an unreformed EU’, which became a key blueprint for Brexit and was serialised in the Daily Telegraph.
+He also founded [[Business for Britain]] in 2013, where he oversaw the publication of ‘Change, or Go: How Britain would gain influence and prosper outside an unreformed EU’, which became a key blueprint for Brexit and was serialised in the ''Daily Telegraph''.
 ===Anti-electoral reform===
 Elliott led the successful [[NOtoAV]] campaign in 2011 against reform of the UK's 'first past the post' electoral system.
 ===Low tax 'grassroots' campaign===
 Elliott founded and was CEO of the [[TaxPayers’ Alliance]] from 2003 when Elliott was in his twenties and working for Conservative MEP [[Timothy Kirkhope]]. According to the Guardian Elliott had been impressed by Republican grassroots campaigns to cut tax and spending he had seen in America – particularly the work of Grover Norquist who campaigned against Hillary Clinton's healthcare plans during Bill Clinton's presidency. Elliott argued:'Up until that point Britain didn't need a taxpayers' group because we had the Conservatives, but then they stopped talking about it and so I saw a niche'. Elliott won the Atlas Templeton Freedom Award for ‘The Single Income Tax’ campaign.<ref>[http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/home/matthew-elliott-chief-executive.html Matthew Elliott, Chief Executive], TaxPayers' Alliance, accessed 2 March 2010</ref><ref>Andrew Porter, Pro-AV group accused of conflict of interest, ''the Daily Telegraph'', 11-April-2011</ref> He is former secretary of the [[Politics and Economics Research Trust]], which funded the [[TaxPayers’ Alliance]].<ref>Robert Booth, Charity warned over relationship after £500,000 gift to TaxPayers' Alliance, ''The Guardian'', 24-February-2011</ref>

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-He is married to [[Florence Heath]].
+He was married to [[Florence Heath]]. In 2014 he became engaged to American [[Sarah Smith]], Vice Chair of [[Republicans Overseas]] UK.
 ==Notes==
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 [[Category:Think Tanker|Elliot, Matthew]][[Category:NOtoAV]][[Category:Brexit lobbyist - Leave]]

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 Described by the Financial Times as “one of the most formidable political strategists in Westminster”, and by the New European as "an unsung titan of the Brexit cause". He is widely seen as the chief architect behind the successful campaign for Britain to leave the EU.
-Elliott is Editor-at-Large of [[Brexit Central]]. Since early 2017, he has also been a senior fellow at the 'hard Brexit' think tank, the [[Legatum Institute]]. According to the Institute he is 'focusing on a UK-US trade deal and researching the rise of Populism abroad'.
+Elliott is Editor-at-Large of [[Brexit Central]]. Since early 2017, he has also been a senior fellow at the 'hard Brexit' think tank, the [[Legatum Institute]].
 He also became a political advisor to [[Shore Capital]] in June 2017.<ref>[https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=1323-13244927-34T217M9QP31JCGKUNHDEGR1M1&mhq5j=e5 Shore Capital Hires Matthew Elliott], press release/FT, 1 June 2017</ref>
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 Elliott has spent much of his career leading either deceptive, or anti-democratic campaigns. He was:
 ===Pro-Brexit===
 Elliott was CEO of [[Vote Leave]], the official Brexit campaign in the 2016 EU referendum. Elliott is described as 'the principal architect behind the historic Leave victory'.<ref>[http://brexitcentral.com/author/matthew-elliott/ Elliott]], Brexit Central, accessed Oct 2017</ref>

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