Lee Cain
Lee Cain | |
|---|---|
| Downing Street Director of Communications | |
| Assumed office 24 July 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Robbie Gibb |
Lee Cain is a British former journalist who currently serves as Downing Street Director of Communications under Boris Johnson.[1] Cain was appointed by Johnson on 24 July 2019, succeeding Robbie Gibb.
Cain moved into politics after leaving his position as Senior Media Advisor for Slater and Gordon Lawyers to become Head of Broadcast for the Vote Leave campaign.[2] In addition to serving at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under Andrea Leadsom and Michael Gove, he briefly worked for Theresa May before leaving to work with Johnson while he was serving as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.[3]
Cain's former employer, The Daily Mirror, has stated that Cain was deployed to taunt former Prime Minister David Cameron and other Conservative MPs dressed as a chicken.[4][5]
References
- ^ Phillips, Jenni (2019-07-24). "Former Citizen reporter becomes new PM's Communications chief". gloucestershirelive. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
- ^ "The people trying to make Boris Johnson prime minister". The Independent. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
- ^ "Who are Boris Johnson's key advisers?". 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
- ^ Rawlinson, Kevin (2019-07-30). "Boris Johnson's spin doctor 'used to dress up as Tory-ridiculing Mirror Chicken'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ McTague, Tom (2019-07-30). "I, Too, Have Dressed Up as a Chicken to Harass British Politicians". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-08-01.