James Schneider
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James Schneider is the Co-founder of the left wing grassroots movement Momentum and was appointed as key advisor to leader of The Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, taking the role of Director of Strategic Communications a role he has held since October 2016.[1] [2]
Early Life and Career
Schneider was educated at Winchester College and later attended Trinity College, Oxford at the University of Oxford to study Theology.[3] [4] He joined Think Africa Press in 2010 a role he held until he became the senior correspondent at New African in 2014. Schneider joined the Labour party in May 2015 after the defeat of Ed Miliband and Labour in the 2015 General Election. [5] He helped to co-found the left wing grassroots movement Momentum (organisation) in October 2015 to support Jeremy Corbyn who had been elected Labour leader in 2015.[6] [7]The group also played a significant role in the 2016 campaign to reelect Corbyn after a leadership challenge. Schneider was appointed as Director of strategic communications for the office of Jeremy Corbyn in October 2016. [8] [9] [10] [11][12] Schneider has been featured prominently on political programme The Daily Politics and on news programmes discussing Momentum and Labours leadership under Jeremy Corbyn. [13]
References
- ^ "This is how Jeremy Corbyn's team believes he can still become UK prime minister".
- ^ "The fight of his life: on the road with Jeremy Corbyn". 2 June 2017 – via The Guardian.
- ^ "From a £7million home to being Corbyn's new election guru".
- ^ "James Schneider: face of Momentum activists - with education and childhood home 'paid for by fraud'".
- ^ editor, Owen Bennett Deputy political; UK, HuffPost (20 October 2015). "Momentum Is Not A 'Shadowy' Group With A 'Hit List' Of Labour MPs, Says Leading Organiser". HuffPost UK.
{{cite web}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ "How Bernie Sanders can harness the kind of momentum transforming British politics".
- ^ "Maintaining Momentum".
- ^ "James Schneider Joining Corbyn's Office". Guido Fawkes. 13 October 2016.
- ^ "Twitter goes wild for Corbyn aide who looks just like Tom Cruise".
- ^ "Jeremy Corbyn set to get extra media help - but not from Paul Mason". 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Jez enforcer James Schneider is posh son of £5m conman". 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Corbyn's posh boys can't crush 'the elite'".
- ^ "Corbyn 'does not seem like traditional politician', 10/03/2016, Daily Politics - BBC Two". BBC.
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