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'''Steve Hilton''' is a former spindoctor to Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]. He is currently a lecturer at Stanford University. | '''Steve Hilton''' is a former spindoctor to Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]. He is currently a lecturer at Stanford University. | ||
| + | In 2013, Hilton returned to Downing Street in a part-time unpaid policy role as a member of David Cameron's new [[Conservative Parliamentary Advisory Board]]. <ref> [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10017533/Steve-Hilton-returns-to-Downing-Street-for-part-time-policy-role.html Steve Hilton returns to Downing Street for part-time policy role] accessed 8 September 2014 </ref> | ||
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==Cameron's closest adviser== | ==Cameron's closest adviser== | ||
Formerly in advertising, Hilton worked with Cameron on the 1992 election campaign. He set up his own company, [[Good Business]], but spent six months "in a darkened room", thinking up ways to help his friend to win. Sharp and quick-witted, he is credited with many of Mr Cameron's new buzzwords. <ref> Anthony Browne and Andrew Pierce, [http://www.spinwatch.org/content/view/3325/9/ Secretive guru behind the new Dave project] ''The Times'', 5 October 2006.</ref> He and his wife former Tory spindoctor [[Rachel Whetstone]], who now works for [[Google]] were also godparents to Mr Cameron's eldest child, Ivan, who died in February 2009.<ref> Graham Brough, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/01/08/david-cameron-s-chief-spin-doctor-steve-hilton-the-shameful-secrets-of-cyclopath-115875-21951336/ Tory Lord of the spins] ''The Mirror'', 23 May 2010 (accessed September 1, 2010). </ref> | Formerly in advertising, Hilton worked with Cameron on the 1992 election campaign. He set up his own company, [[Good Business]], but spent six months "in a darkened room", thinking up ways to help his friend to win. Sharp and quick-witted, he is credited with many of Mr Cameron's new buzzwords. <ref> Anthony Browne and Andrew Pierce, [http://www.spinwatch.org/content/view/3325/9/ Secretive guru behind the new Dave project] ''The Times'', 5 October 2006.</ref> He and his wife former Tory spindoctor [[Rachel Whetstone]], who now works for [[Google]] were also godparents to Mr Cameron's eldest child, Ivan, who died in February 2009.<ref> Graham Brough, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/01/08/david-cameron-s-chief-spin-doctor-steve-hilton-the-shameful-secrets-of-cyclopath-115875-21951336/ Tory Lord of the spins] ''The Mirror'', 23 May 2010 (accessed September 1, 2010). </ref> | ||
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Hilton has a 'studiously low profile' but is reportedly involved in every decision Cameron takes, according to ''The Times''. He is 'intensely proud' that by May 2010 only two public photos existed of him with Cameron. 'In one they are standing so far apart that magazines are forced to run it over a double-page spread.' <ref> John Arlidge, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7133842.ece Britain's new political elite] ''The Times'', 23 May 2010 (accessed September 1, 2010). </ref> He earnt £90,000 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> | Hilton has a 'studiously low profile' but is reportedly involved in every decision Cameron takes, according to ''The Times''. He is 'intensely proud' that by May 2010 only two public photos existed of him with Cameron. 'In one they are standing so far apart that magazines are forced to run it over a double-page spread.' <ref> John Arlidge, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7133842.ece Britain's new political elite] ''The Times'', 23 May 2010 (accessed September 1, 2010). </ref> He earnt £90,000 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> | ||
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==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
Revision as of 23:36, 8 September 2014
Steve Hilton is a former spindoctor to Prime Minister David Cameron. He is currently a lecturer at Stanford University. In 2013, Hilton returned to Downing Street in a part-time unpaid policy role as a member of David Cameron's new Conservative Parliamentary Advisory Board. [1]
Cameron's closest adviser
Formerly in advertising, Hilton worked with Cameron on the 1992 election campaign. He set up his own company, Good Business, but spent six months "in a darkened room", thinking up ways to help his friend to win. Sharp and quick-witted, he is credited with many of Mr Cameron's new buzzwords. [2] He and his wife former Tory spindoctor Rachel Whetstone, who now works for Google were also godparents to Mr Cameron's eldest child, Ivan, who died in February 2009.[3]
Hilton has a 'studiously low profile' but is reportedly involved in every decision Cameron takes, according to The Times. He is 'intensely proud' that by May 2010 only two public photos existed of him with Cameron. 'In one they are standing so far apart that magazines are forced to run it over a double-page spread.' [4] He earnt £90,000 a year.[5]
Affiliations
Notes
- ↑ Steve Hilton returns to Downing Street for part-time policy role accessed 8 September 2014
- ↑ Anthony Browne and Andrew Pierce, Secretive guru behind the new Dave project The Times, 5 October 2006.
- ↑ Graham Brough, Tory Lord of the spins The Mirror, 23 May 2010 (accessed September 1, 2010).
- ↑ John Arlidge, Britain's new political elite The Times, 23 May 2010 (accessed September 1, 2010).
- ↑ Cabinet Office, Written Ministerial Statement on Special Adviser numbers, costs and revised model contract and code of conduct, 10 June, 2010 (accessed 7 September 2010).
