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| − | [[Edward Vaizey]] is a prominent adviser to [[David Cameron]] and a leading UK neo-conservative. His father was the former [[Labour Party]] offical, [[John Vaizey]] who converted to support [[Margaret Thatcher]] in 1980.<ref>Jeremy Musson, [http://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/article/180784/Interview_Ed_Vaizey.html Interview: Shadow Arts minister Ed Vaizey], Country Life, 14 February 2008.</ref> | + | [[Edward Vaizey]]MP is UK minister for culture, communications and creative industries. He is a prominent adviser to prime minister [[David Cameron]] and a leading UK neo-conservative. His father was the former [[Labour Party]] offical, [[John Vaizey]] who converted to support [[Margaret Thatcher]] in 1980.<ref>Jeremy Musson, [http://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/article/180784/Interview_Ed_Vaizey.html Interview: Shadow Arts minister Ed Vaizey], Country Life, 14 February 2008.</ref> |
According to [[Edward Vaizey|Vaizey's]] own website he was 'born in 1968, Ed attended Merton College, Oxford. When he left university, he spent two years working for the Conservative Party’s Research Department, before training and practising as a barrister.'<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071206042059/http://www.vaizey.com/type3.asp?id=79&type=3 Biography] Vaizey.com, accessed via the internet archive 10 April 2009</ref> | According to [[Edward Vaizey|Vaizey's]] own website he was 'born in 1968, Ed attended Merton College, Oxford. When he left university, he spent two years working for the Conservative Party’s Research Department, before training and practising as a barrister.'<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071206042059/http://www.vaizey.com/type3.asp?id=79&type=3 Biography] Vaizey.com, accessed via the internet archive 10 April 2009</ref> | ||
Revision as of 13:43, 6 September 2010
Edward VaizeyMP is UK minister for culture, communications and creative industries. He is a prominent adviser to prime minister David Cameron and a leading UK neo-conservative. His father was the former Labour Party offical, John Vaizey who converted to support Margaret Thatcher in 1980.[1]
According to Vaizey's own website he was 'born in 1968, Ed attended Merton College, Oxford. When he left university, he spent two years working for the Conservative Party’s Research Department, before training and practising as a barrister.'[2]
Contents
Career
- 1996 Consolidated Communications
- 2004 chief speech writer for the then Leader of the Opposition, Michael Howard.
Affiliations
- trustee of the Trident Trust,
- Young Ambassador for the Samaritans.
- Deputy Chairman of the Conservative's Globalisation and Global Poverty Policy Group.
- Henry Jackson Society Project for Democratic Geopolitics, signatory to statement of principles
- Know Comment
Contact, References and Resources
Contact
- Website: www.vaizey.com
- Webcast:www.futurecast.tv
Resources
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Ed Vaizey MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Edward Vaizey MP
- The Public Whip - Edward Vaizey MP voting record
References
- ↑ Jeremy Musson, Interview: Shadow Arts minister Ed Vaizey, Country Life, 14 February 2008.
- ↑ Biography Vaizey.com, accessed via the internet archive 10 April 2009
