Rupert Harrison
Rupert Harrison is Chief of Staff to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.[1]
Background
Born in Surrey, the 31 year old ex-Eton head boy studied PPE at Magdalen Oxford. Harrison started his career with four years at think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies before securing a job with Osborne in 2006[2] as his chief economic adviser.
Harrison was ranked 39th (a place held jointly with Matthew Hancock and Rohan Silva) in a list of the 'Top 100 most influential Right-wingers' by The Telegraph in October 2009.[3] By October 2011 he had risen to 25th in ranking and was described by the paper as follows:
- Smart, urbane and extremely clever, Harrison has been described as one half of George Osborne’s brain. We hesitate to say that he is to Osborne what Ed Balls was to Gordon Brown, but we’d mean it in a positive sense. More important to Osborne than ever. Silva was ranked number 19. [4]
Harrison is known for his preternatural calm, and ability to come out with policies like the inheritance tax cut when the party needs some emergency ballast. [5]
Contact, Resources, Notes
Notes
- ↑ Department of Information Services, "Parliamentary Information List", accessed 07.09.10
- ↑ Josh Neicho, "All power to the new Tories", London Evening Standard, 26.07.10, accessed 07.09.10
- ↑ Iain Dale and Brian Brivati,"Top 100 most influential Right-wingers: 50-1", The Telegraph, 05.10.09, accessed 07.09.10
- ↑ Iain Dale and Brian Brivati,"[The Top 100 most influential people on the Right 2011, 25-1]", The Telegraph, 04.10.09, accessed 10.09.10
- ↑ Fraser Nelson Ever wondered how George Osborne can be a part-time Chancellor? The Telegraph, 16 March 2012, accessed 16 October
