Christopher Meyer

Meyer was a spin doctor for John Major and the UK ambassador to the US in the run up to the Iraq war.

Meyer served as Ambassador to the United States from 1997 to 2003.

Memoirs

His memoirs DC Confidential caused some upset in Whitehall after going through an approval process which involved amongst others Andrew Turnbull, Dickie Stagg, Howell James and Gus O'Donnell.

External Resources

• Public Administration Select Committee, Transcript of Oral Evidence, 15 December 2005.
• Iraq Inquiry, Oral Evidence, 26 November 2009.

Affiliations

• Press Complaints Commission

First witnesses named for public hearings, Iraq Inquiry, 16 November 2009.