User talk:Soundingsplanet
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brewcrewer (yada, yada) 01:48, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
CheckList[edit]
- life peer since May 2005
- one of the key figures in the Blair advisory team [1] rise ranks inner workings [2]
- transport sec: Controversial high speed rail, heathrow expansion planning
- special adviser No 10 - Policy Unit
- in favour of elected House of Lords
- guardian [3]
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/search?q=lord+adonis§ion=
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/search?q=andrew+adonis§ion=
- deprived background, Cameron admirer [4]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/search?q=andrew+adonis§ion=
Career 1987-91: Oxford city councillor for Lib Dems. 1988-91: research fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. 1991-96: public policy correspondent, industry correspondent and public policy editor at FT. 1996-98: political columnist and contributing editor at the Observer. 1998: adviser in the prime minister's policy unit. 2001-03: head of policy, prime minister's office. 2003: stepped down to write official biography of Roy Jenkins, but retained post of senior policy adviser. 2005: created a life peer and appointed parliamentary secretary, Department for Education and Skills http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/oct/28/politics.schools?INTCMP=SRCH
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/andrewadonis
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/05/lord-adonis-profile-cabinet-shakeup
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/20/lord-andrew-adonis-profile