Will Littlejohn - Revision history

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Josh Leeson at 16:49, 8 September 2014

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Lucy Brown: New page: '''Will Littlejohn''' is Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Caroline Spelman.Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parlia...

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New page: '''Will Littlejohn''' is Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Caroline Spelman.<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parlia...

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'''Will Littlejohn''' is Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [[Caroline Spelman]].<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>

==Background==

The son of [[Daily Mail]] journalist [[Richard Littlejohn]], he previously worked as personal assistant and press adviser to former Tory leader [[William Hague]].<ref>Anne McElvoy, "[http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/07/north-hague-jackson-tory-work Diary: Anne McElvoy]", ''New Statesman'', 02.07.10, accessed 14.09.10</ref>

===Michal Kaminski MEP and the Conservative press office===

In July 2009, James Macintyre of the ''New Statesman'' wrote with concern about Conservative MEPs apparently making "ties" with European neo-fascists, including [[Michal Kaminski]] of the [[National Revival of Poland]] party (NOP), following Kaminski's appointment as new chair of the Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament.<ref>James Macintyre, "[http://www.newstatesman.com/2009/07/poland-kaminski-european Exclusive: Jewish leaders turn on Cameron's Tories]", ''New Statesman'', 29.07.09, accessed 14.09.10</ref> Journalist George Pitcher of ''The Telegraph'' also reported the story,<ref>George Pitcher, "[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/georgepitcher/100005090/camerons-revolting-neo-nazi-connection/ Cameron's revolting neo-Nazi connection]", ''The Telegraph'', 29.07.09, accessed 14.09.10</ref> which led - according to a later article by Macintyre - to Littlejohn e-mailing Pitcher from his Conservative party e-mail account, apparently to defend Kaminski. Macintyre writes:
::Tory sympathisers quickly went on the attack against me and in defence of Kaminski, including [[Daniel Hannan]], who described me as a "Labour spin doctor", linking to inaccurate claims on a Tory gossip site which attacked me for reporting a split between [[Boris Johnson]] and [[David Cameron]] that is now widely accepted.

::Now, I have learned that on 3 August Will Littlejohn, the Conservative Party press officer responsible for "foreign affairs, shadow leader of the House, community cohesion", wrote an email from an official Conservative account to Pitcher. (Like Hannan, Littlejohn also linked to the Tory gossip site.)

::In the email, seen by the New Statesman, he made a number of points in defence of Kaminski.<ref>James Macintyre, "[http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/public-accounts/2009/10/mcbride-brown-kaminski-tory Exclusive: Tory press officer in email smears]", ''New Statesman'', accessed 14.09.10, 09.10.09</ref>

==Contact, Resources, Notes==

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-'''Will Littlejohn''' was a Special Adviser to the former Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [[Caroline Spelman]].<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>
+'''Will Littlejohn''' was a special Adviser to the former secretary of state for the [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]] [[Caroline Spelman]] in 2010.<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>
 ==Background==
-The son of [[Daily Mail]] journalist [[Richard Littlejohn]], he previously worked as personal assistant and press adviser to former Tory leader [[William Hague]].<ref>Anne McElvoy, "[http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/07/north-hague-jackson-tory-work Diary: Anne McElvoy]", ''New Statesman'', 02.07.10, accessed 14.09.10</ref>
+The son of [[Daily Mail]] journalist [[Richard Littlejohn]], he previously worked as personal assistant and press adviser to former Tory leader [[William Hague]], before the coalition formed in 2010.<ref>Anne McElvoy, "[http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/07/north-hague-jackson-tory-work Diary: Anne McElvoy]", ''New Statesman'', 02.07.10, accessed 14.09.10</ref>
 ===Michal Kaminski MEP and the Conservative press office===

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−	'''Will Littlejohn''' is Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [[Caroline Spelman]].<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>	+	'''Will Littlejohn''' was a Special Adviser to the former Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [[Caroline Spelman]].<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>

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