Difference between revisions of "Andrew Dunlop"
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| − | [[Andrew Dunlop]] was appointed UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]'s adviser on Scotland in 2012. Mr Dunlop is also a Conservative councillor in West Sussex. <ref name="Dunlop">[http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-politics/4573-man-behind-poll-tax-is-camerons-adviser-on-scotland Thatcher aide is Cameron's adviser on Scotland], newsnetscotland.com, accessed 18 September 2014 </ref> | + | [[Andrew Dunlop]] was appointed UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]'s adviser on Scotland in March 2012. Mr Dunlop is also a Conservative councillor in West Sussex. <ref name="Dunlop">[http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-politics/4573-man-behind-poll-tax-is-camerons-adviser-on-scotland Thatcher aide is Cameron's adviser on Scotland], newsnetscotland.com, accessed 18 September 2014 </ref> |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Dunlop was adviser to [[Margaret Thatcher]] | + | Dunlop was adviser to [[Margaret Thatcher]], in 1988, he had graduated toThatcher’s inner circle as one of the seven members of her “policy unit”, specialising in defence, employment, tax reform and Scotland. <ref name= "Express"> Ben Borland, [http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/308827/Questions-over-Cameron-s-new-independence-adviser-s-link-to-poll-tax Questions over Cameron's new independence adviser's link to poll tax], ''Scottish Express'', accessed 18 September 2014 </ref> |
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| + | After this he worked for the lobbying company [[Politics International]], now known as [[Interel Consulting UK]]. He retired from the company in 2010 to concentrate on his political work. <ref name="Dunlop"/> | ||
| + | He has also worked under [[John Major]] and [[Michael Howard]]. <ref name= "Express"/> | ||
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| + | Dunlop graduated in economics from Glasgow University before becoming special adviser to former Defence Secretary [[George Younger]] <ref name= "Express"/> | ||
==Notes and References== | ==Notes and References== | ||
Revision as of 11:19, 15 October 2014
Andrew Dunlop was appointed UK Prime Minister David Cameron's adviser on Scotland in March 2012. Mr Dunlop is also a Conservative councillor in West Sussex. [1]
History
Dunlop was adviser to Margaret Thatcher, in 1988, he had graduated toThatcher’s inner circle as one of the seven members of her “policy unit”, specialising in defence, employment, tax reform and Scotland. [2]
After this he worked for the lobbying company Politics International, now known as Interel Consulting UK. He retired from the company in 2010 to concentrate on his political work. [1] He has also worked under John Major and Michael Howard. [2]
Dunlop graduated in economics from Glasgow University before becoming special adviser to former Defence Secretary George Younger [2]
Notes and References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thatcher aide is Cameron's adviser on Scotland, newsnetscotland.com, accessed 18 September 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ben Borland, Questions over Cameron's new independence adviser's link to poll tax, Scottish Express, accessed 18 September 2014
