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Matthew Barrett (journalist)
Matthew Robert Barrett (born 1992) is a British journalist. He is the Deputy Editor of the '' ConservativeHome'' political website. Biography Barrett was born in London, and was educated at the Queen Elizabeth's School, a state grammar school in north London. Barrett created a blog, ''Working Class Tory'' while still at school. Within two years, the blog was amongst '' Total Politics'' magazine's top ten Conservative-supporting blogs for 2010, alongside others including Daniel Hannan, Iain Dale and Harry Cole, 20th most popular right-wing blog, and in the top 40 most popular political blogs overall. Barrett subsequently joined ''ConservativeHome'' as Deputy Editor to Tim Montgomerie in April 2011, replacing Jonathan Isaby, who later joined the TaxPayers' Alliance. Barrett is known for his contacts amongst Tory MPs, having created a series of profiles of backbench groups of Conservative MPs, and for being amongst the main journalists campaigning against the High Speed 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ConservativeHome
ConservativeHome is a British right-wing blog which supports, but is independent of, the Conservative Party. It was first established by Tim Montgomerie in 2005 with the aim of arguing for a broad conservative spectrum, which is serious about both social justice and a fair competitive economy. A second aim of the blog is to represent grassroots Conservatives, and whilst being independent of the Conservative Party, is supportive of it. Editors ConservativeHome was first edited by Tim Montgomerie, prior to the 2005 United Kingdom general election campaign with Samuel Coates as a deputy. Coates left the blog in July 2008 to become a speech writer for David Cameron. Coates later became the party's head of digital and then a Special Adviser. In November 2008, Jonathan Isaby joined as a co-editor. In 2009, Paul Goodman – the former Conservative MP for Wycombe – became the executive editor of ConservativeHome. In February 2013, Montgomerie announced that he would leave the site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |