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| − | Spencer Livermore joined lobbying and PR firm [[Blue rubicon]] in January 2009. He is a former advisor to [[Gordon Brown]] and worked in Brown's Economics Secretariat before the 1997 election and as political adviser to [[Andrew Smith]] <ref>The Financial Times [http://specials.ft.com/ukelection2001/FT373LH0OKC.html The Campaign Teams] 7 May 2001</ref> when he was Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. | + | '''Spencer Livermore''' joined lobbying and PR firm [[Blue rubicon]] in January 2009. He is a former advisor to [[Gordon Brown]] and worked in Brown's Economics Secretariat before the 1997 election and as political adviser to [[Andrew Smith]] <ref>The Financial Times [http://specials.ft.com/ukelection2001/FT373LH0OKC.html The Campaign Teams] 7 May 2001</ref> when he was Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. |
| − | Following Tony Blair’s resignation as Prime Minister on June 27 2007, [[Gordon Brown]], as the new Leader of the Labour Party, became Prime Minister. Gordon Brown appointed Spencer to [[Number Ten]] as Director of Political Strategy, attending Cabinet meetings and becoming a key figure in the Prime Minister’s strategy for the next [[General Election]].<ref> | + | ==Background== |
| + | Livermore was 'one of the few from Mr Brown’s inner circle to have remained at 11 Downing Street since the early years.<ref>Christopher Hope [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/23/nbrown523.xml Brown's Kitchen Cabinet Costs £1m A year] The Telegraph, 25 February 2007</ref> He went to Oxford University and the [[London School of Economics]]. <ref>Denis Campbell [http://www.guardian.co.uk/gayrights/story/0,,1670141,00.html Gays Who Shape Our New Britain] The Guardian, 18 December 2005</ref> | ||
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| + | Following Tony Blair’s resignation as Prime Minister on June 27 2007, [[Gordon Brown]], as the new Leader of the Labour Party, became Prime Minister. Gordon Brown appointed Spencer to [[Number Ten]] as Director of Political Strategy, attending Cabinet meetings and becoming a key figure in the Prime Minister’s strategy for the next [[General Election]]. In December 2007, Brown reportedly reduced Livermore to tears over the on-off election fiasco. The experience apparently left Livermore "badly scarred", pushing him to the brink of resignation.<ref>Simon Walters, "[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-500651/Brown-reduced-aide-tears-poll-fiasco.html Brown 'reduced top aide to tears' over poll fiasco]", ''Daily Mail'', 08.12.07, accessed 10.09.10</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:29, 10 September 2010
Spencer Livermore joined lobbying and PR firm Blue rubicon in January 2009. He is a former advisor to Gordon Brown and worked in Brown's Economics Secretariat before the 1997 election and as political adviser to Andrew Smith [1] when he was Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Background
Livermore was 'one of the few from Mr Brown’s inner circle to have remained at 11 Downing Street since the early years.[2] He went to Oxford University and the London School of Economics. [3]
Following Tony Blair’s resignation as Prime Minister on June 27 2007, Gordon Brown, as the new Leader of the Labour Party, became Prime Minister. Gordon Brown appointed Spencer to Number Ten as Director of Political Strategy, attending Cabinet meetings and becoming a key figure in the Prime Minister’s strategy for the next General Election. In December 2007, Brown reportedly reduced Livermore to tears over the on-off election fiasco. The experience apparently left Livermore "badly scarred", pushing him to the brink of resignation.[4]
References
- ↑ The Financial Times The Campaign Teams 7 May 2001
- ↑ Christopher Hope Brown's Kitchen Cabinet Costs £1m A year The Telegraph, 25 February 2007
- ↑ Denis Campbell Gays Who Shape Our New Britain The Guardian, 18 December 2005
- ↑ Simon Walters, "Brown 'reduced top aide to tears' over poll fiasco", Daily Mail, 08.12.07, accessed 10.09.10
