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Steve Hilton (born 25 August 1969)[1] is the director of strategy for David Cameron, Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom. He and his wife Rachel Whetstone were godparents to David Cameron's late eldest son Ivan.
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[edit] Early life
Hilton is the son of Hungarian immigrants called Hircsák[2] (alternative spelling: Hircksac[3]), who fled their home during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and anglicized their name to Hilton when moved to Britain as immigrants. He won a scholarship to Christ's Hospital School in Sussex before reading Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford.
[edit] Career
After graduating, Hilton joined Conservative Central Office, where he came to know David Cameron and Rachel Whetstone, his future wife and Global VP of Public Affairs and Communications for Google.[4] He liaised with the party's favourite advertising firm, Saatchi and Saatchi, and was praised by Maurice Saatchi, who remarked, "No one reminds me as much of me when young as Steve."[3] During this time Steve came up with the infamous "New Labour, New Danger" demon eyes poster campaign.[5]
It is alleged that Hilton said "I voted Green" after the Labour landslide of 2001,[3] but since then he has worked with Cameron to re-brand the Conservative party as green and progressive.
[edit] Personal life
Hilton is married to Rachel Whetstone, the former Tory aide (political secretary to Michael Howard) who is now head of communications at Google.[6]
On 7 January 2010 it was reported that in October 2008 Hilton had been arrested. He had been rushing to catch a train back to London after the Conservative Party Conference and got into a dispute with the train staff, which resulted in the police being called. Hilton was arrested and taken to a British Transport Police station at Birmingham New Street, where he was issued with a penalty notice and a criminal record for disorder under section 5 of the Public Order Act."[7][8]
[edit] References
- ^ "Steve Hilton: The unseen author of David Cameron's bid for No 10". London: The Telegraph. October 2, 2008. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/3124238/Steve-Hilton-The-unseen-author-of-David-Camerons-bid-for-No-10.html. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
- ^ "'Steve Hilton: londoni szürke eminenciás'". Budapest: HVG. December 15, 2010. http://hvg.hu/hvgfriss/2010.50/201050_steve_hilton_londoni_szurke_eminencias. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
- ^ a b c Wintour, Patrick (December 2, 2006). "'David's brain' transforms Tory brand". London: The Guardian. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/story/0,,1962285,00.html. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
- ^ "Google moves quickly to replace comms chief". PRWeek UK. June 2, 2008. http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/813459. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
- ^ The Guardian
- ^ "Setback for Cameron as senior Conservatives revolt against shaven-headed '10-year-old' image supremo". The Daily Mail. January 3, 2010. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1240181/Setback-Cameron-senior-Tories-revolt-shaven-headed-image-supremo-Steve-Hilton.html. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
- ^ "Cameron aide Steve Hilton arrested at station in 2008". BBC. January 7, 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8447239.stm. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
- ^ Watt, Nicholas (January 8, 2010). "Tories fear plot to destablise Cameron's strategy chief". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jan/08/tories-plot-strategy-chief-fracas-steve-hilton. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
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