Rohan Silva - Revision history

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-[[File:Rohan Silva Flickr.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Rohan Silva'', 4 December 2012]] '''Rohan Silva''' was Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref> from 2010 until June 2013.
+[[File:Rohan Silva Flickr.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Rohan Silva'', 4 December 2012]] '''Rohan Silva''' was senior policy adviser to the UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref> from 2010 until June 2013.
-He then became 'Entrepreneur in Residence' at [[Index Ventures]]. <ref name="MP"> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/rohan-silva/45/91/810?trk=pub-pbmap Rohan Silva], LinkedIn profile, accessed 18 September 2014 </ref>
+He then became 'entrepreneur in residence' at [[Index Ventures]]. <ref name="MP"> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/rohan-silva/45/91/810?trk=pub-pbmap Rohan Silva], LinkedIn profile, accessed 18 September 2014 </ref>
-He is now Co-founder of [[Second Home]] and Co-founder & Chairman of [[Spacious]].<ref name="MP"/>
+He is now co-founder of [[Second Home]] and co-founder & chairman of [[Spacious]].<ref name="MP"/>
 Described as 'the man behind Tech City', Silva was also previously Senior Policy Adviser for the General Election at Office of David Cameron / George Osborne and Economic Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [[George Osborne]].  He played a key role in drafting the coalition document and was reportedly 'very highly regarded by both the Chancellor and his cabinet colleagues'. <ref name="Brivati">Iain Dale and Brian Brivati,"[The Top 100 most influential people on the Right 2011, 25-1]", ''The Telegraph'', 04.10.09, accessed 10.09.10</ref>
 ==Background==
-Born in Wakefield, the 29-year-old studied law at Manchester and worked as an intern for Labour MP [[Nigel Griffiths]].  Journalist Josh Neicho reports that "Reading Popper and Isaiah Berlin for his Masters at LSE made him suspicious of Left-wing utopianism".  "A natural supporter of the coalition who some see as a political chameleon", he is purportedly also "a protégé" of spindoctor [[Steve Hilton]].<ref>Josh Neicho, "[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23859925-all-power-to-the-new-tories.do All power to the new Tories]", ''London Evening Standard'', 26.07.10, accessed 07.09.10</ref>
+Born in Wakefield, Silva studied law at Manchester and worked as an intern for Labour MP [[Nigel Griffiths]].  Journalist Josh Neicho reports that "Reading Popper and Isaiah Berlin for his Masters at LSE made him suspicious of Left-wing utopianism".  "A natural supporter of the coalition who some see as a political chameleon", he is purportedly also "a protégé" of spindoctor [[Steve Hilton]].<ref>Josh Neicho, "[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23859925-all-power-to-the-new-tories.do All power to the new Tories]", ''London Evening Standard'', 26.07.10, accessed 07.09.10</ref>
 Silva was ranked 39th (a place held jointly with [[Matthew Hancock]] and [[Rupert Harrison]]) in a list of the 'Top 100 most influential Right-wingers' by ''The Telegraph'' in October 2009.  At this point, Silva, Hancock and Harrison were advisers to then Shadow Chancellor [[George Osborne]].<ref>Iain Dale and Brian Brivati,"[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/6256390/Top-100-most-influential-Right-wingers-50-1.html Top 100 most influential Right-wingers: 50-1]", ''The Telegraph'', 05.10.09, accessed 07.09.10</ref> By October 2011 his ranking was number 19, ahead of both Hancock (number 20) and Harrison (number 25). The Telegraph described him as having a 'very political, forensic brain and fizzes with new ideas'.<ref name="Brivati"/>
-In an article examining the Conservatives' "trick" of "appearing progressive and yet Thatcherite", ''New Statesman'' journalist Steve Richards mentions Silva as a case in point:
+In an article examining the Conservatives' "trick" of "appearing progressive and yet Thatcherite", ''New Statesman'' journalist [[Steve Richards]] mentions Silva as a case in point:
 ::[Silva] briefly worked for a Labour MP and switched sides on the assumption that the current Tory leadership was serious about its proclaimed progressive objectives... [He has] shown interest in the work of [[Phillip Blond]], the so-called Red Tory who is about to launch his own think tank.<ref>Steve Richards, "[http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2009/10/cameron-labour-party-public The real hustle]", ''New Statesman'', 01.10.09, accessed 07.09.10</ref>
 In August 2010, Silva was described in ''The Economist'' as "perhaps the most ardent centrifugalist of the policy advisers".<ref>Staff writers, "[http://www.economist.com/node/16791650 The unlikely revolutionary]", ''The Economist'', 12.08.10, accessed 07.09.10</ref> He earns £60,000 a year. <ref> Cabinet Office [http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/newsroom/statements/wms-special-advisers.aspx Written Ministerial Statement on Special Adviser numbers, costs and revised model contract and code of conduct], 10 June, 2010 (accessed 7 September 2010).</ref>
-Silva was also Senior Policy Adviser for the [[2010 General Election]].  Prior to this, he was a Policy Analyst at [[HM Treasury]].  He sits on the advisory panel of the [[Progressive Conservatism]] project at the think tank [[Demos]].<ref>Citizenship Foundation, "[http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/main/contacts.php?p138 Trustees]",accessed 07.09.10</ref>
+Silva was also senior policy adviser for the [[2010 General Election]].  Prior to this, he was a policy analyst at [[HM Treasury]].  He sits on the advisory panel of the [[Progressive Conservatism]] project at the think tank [[Demos]].<ref>Citizenship Foundation, "[http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/main/contacts.php?p138 Trustees]",accessed 07.09.10</ref>
 Silva is a trustee of the [[Battersea Arts Centre]] and the [[Citizenship Foundation]].<ref>Citizenship Foundation, "[http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/main/contacts.php?p138 Trustees]",accessed 07.09.10</ref>

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−	[[File:Rohan Silva Flickr.jpg\|right\|300px\|''Rohan Silva'', 4 December 2012]] '''Rohan Silva''' was Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref> from 2010 until June 2013.	+	[[File:Rohan Silva Flickr.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|''Rohan Silva'', 4 December 2012]] '''Rohan Silva''' was Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref> from 2010 until June 2013.

	He then became 'Entrepreneur in Residence' at [[Index Ventures]]. <ref name="MP"> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/rohan-silva/45/91/810?trk=pub-pbmap Rohan Silva], LinkedIn profile, accessed 18 September 2014 </ref>		He then became 'Entrepreneur in Residence' at [[Index Ventures]]. <ref name="MP"> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/rohan-silva/45/91/810?trk=pub-pbmap Rohan Silva], LinkedIn profile, accessed 18 September 2014 </ref>

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−	'''Rohan Silva''' was Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref> from 2010 until June 2013.	+	[[File:Rohan Silva Flickr.jpg\|right\|300px\|''Rohan Silva'', 4 December 2012]] '''Rohan Silva''' was Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref> from 2010 until June 2013.

	He then became 'Entrepreneur in Residence' at [[Index Ventures]]. <ref name="MP"> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/rohan-silva/45/91/810?trk=pub-pbmap Rohan Silva], LinkedIn profile, accessed 18 September 2014 </ref>		He then became 'Entrepreneur in Residence' at [[Index Ventures]]. <ref name="MP"> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/rohan-silva/45/91/810?trk=pub-pbmap Rohan Silva], LinkedIn profile, accessed 18 September 2014 </ref>

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-'''Rohan Silva''' was Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref> from 2010 until June 2103.
+'''Rohan Silva''' was Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref> from 2010 until June 2013.
-He is now 'Entrepreneur in Residence' at [[Index Ventures]]. <ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/rohan-silva/45/91/810?trk=pub-pbmap Rohan Silva], LinkedIn profile, accessed 2 October 2013 </ref>
+He then became 'Entrepreneur in Residence' at [[Index Ventures]]. <ref name="MP"> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/rohan-silva/45/91/810?trk=pub-pbmap Rohan Silva], LinkedIn profile, accessed 18 September 2014 </ref>
 Described as 'the man behind Tech City', Silva was also previously Senior Policy Adviser for the General Election at Office of David Cameron / George Osborne and Economic Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [[George Osborne]].  He played a key role in drafting the coalition document and was reportedly 'very highly regarded by both the Chancellor and his cabinet colleagues'. <ref name="Brivati">Iain Dale and Brian Brivati,"[The Top 100 most influential people on the Right 2011, 25-1]", ''The Telegraph'', 04.10.09, accessed 10.09.10</ref>

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-'''Rohan Silva''' is Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref>. He was previously Senior Policy Adviser for the General Election at Office of David Cameron / George Osborne and Economic Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [[George Osborne]].  Silva played a key role in drafting the coalition document and is reportedly 'very highly regarded by both the Chancellor and his cabinet colleagues'. <ref name="Brivati">Iain Dale and Brian Brivati,"[The Top 100 most influential people on the Right 2011, 25-1]", ''The Telegraph'', 04.10.09, accessed 10.09.10</ref>
+'''Rohan Silva''' was Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref> from 2010 until June 2103.
 ==Background==
-Born in Wakefield, the 29 year old studied law at Manchester and worked as an intern for Labour MP [[Nigel Griffiths]].  Journalist Josh Neicho reports that "Reading Popper and Isaiah Berlin for his Masters at LSE made him suspicious of Left-wing utopianism".  "A natural supporter of the coalition who some see as a political chameleon", he is purportedly also "a protégé" of spindoctor [[Steve Hilton]].<ref>Josh Neicho, "[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23859925-all-power-to-the-new-tories.do All power to the new Tories]", ''London Evening Standard'', 26.07.10, accessed 07.09.10</ref>
+Born in Wakefield, the 29-year-old studied law at Manchester and worked as an intern for Labour MP [[Nigel Griffiths]].  Journalist Josh Neicho reports that "Reading Popper and Isaiah Berlin for his Masters at LSE made him suspicious of Left-wing utopianism".  "A natural supporter of the coalition who some see as a political chameleon", he is purportedly also "a protégé" of spindoctor [[Steve Hilton]].<ref>Josh Neicho, "[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23859925-all-power-to-the-new-tories.do All power to the new Tories]", ''London Evening Standard'', 26.07.10, accessed 07.09.10</ref>
 Silva was ranked 39th (a place held jointly with [[Matthew Hancock]] and [[Rupert Harrison]]) in a list of the 'Top 100 most influential Right-wingers' by ''The Telegraph'' in October 2009.  At this point, Silva, Hancock and Harrison were advisers to then Shadow Chancellor [[George Osborne]].<ref>Iain Dale and Brian Brivati,"[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/6256390/Top-100-most-influential-Right-wingers-50-1.html Top 100 most influential Right-wingers: 50-1]", ''The Telegraph'', 05.10.09, accessed 07.09.10</ref> By October 2011 his ranking was number 19, ahead of both Hancock (number 20) and Harrison (number 25). The Telegraph described him as having a 'very political, forensic brain and fizzes with new ideas'.<ref name="Brivati"/>
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−	'''Rohan Silva''' ~~was~~ Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref> and ~~is now Special~~ Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [[George Osborne]]. Silva played a key role in drafting the coalition document and is reportedly 'very highly regarded by both the Chancellor and his cabinet colleagues'. <ref name="Brivati">Iain Dale and Brian Brivati,"[The Top 100 most influential people on the Right 2011, 25-1]", ''The Telegraph'', 04.10.09, accessed 10.09.10</ref>	+	'''Rohan Silva''' is Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref>. He was previously Senior Policy Adviser for the General Election at Office of David Cameron / George Osborne and Economic Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [[George Osborne]]. Silva played a key role in drafting the coalition document and is reportedly 'very highly regarded by both the Chancellor and his cabinet colleagues'. <ref name="Brivati">Iain Dale and Brian Brivati,"[The Top 100 most influential people on the Right 2011, 25-1]", ''The Telegraph'', 04.10.09, accessed 10.09.10</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==

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−	'''Rohan Silva''' was Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]].<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref> and is now Special Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [[George Osborne]]. Silva played a key role in drafting the coalition document and is reportedly 'very highly regarded by both the Chancellor and his cabinet colleagues'. <ref name="Brivati">Iain Dale and Brian Brivati,"[The Top 100 most influential people on the Right 2011, 25-1]", ''The Telegraph'', 04.10.09, accessed 10.09.10</ref>	+	'''Rohan Silva''' was Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 07.09.10</ref> and is now Special Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [[George Osborne]]. Silva played a key role in drafting the coalition document and is reportedly 'very highly regarded by both the Chancellor and his cabinet colleagues'. <ref name="Brivati">Iain Dale and Brian Brivati,"[The Top 100 most influential people on the Right 2011, 25-1]", ''The Telegraph'', 04.10.09, accessed 10.09.10</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==

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