Andrew Fisher (born 28 December 1979) is an English political adviser and researcher, writer, and trade unionist. He served as Director of Policy of the Labour Party, under leader

Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the pol ...

, from 2015 to 2019.

Early life

Fisher was born in

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and grew up in

Worthing Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and H ...

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. He holds a

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in Politics.

Professional career

Fisher worked as a parliamentary researcher for six years, and was policy officer at the Public and Commercial Services (PCS)

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. According to Labour List,"Who’s been hired to work in Corbyn’s office?", ''Labour List'', 18 September 2015
Retrieved 9 November 2015 in 2006 he co-founded the Left Economics Advisory Panel (LEAP), a body chaired by

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. After Jeremy Corbyn became Leader of the Labour Party in September 2015, Fisher was appointed as an adviser. In November 2015, he was suspended from the Labour Party, following complaints from other Labour party members, for appearing to endorse a

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candidate in the May 2015 general election. In a statement, Corbyn stated that he still had full confidence in him. Fisher apologised and said that he had been misinterpreted. His suspension was lifted by the Labour National Executive Committee later in the month, and he was issued with a warning. On 21 September 2019, he announced that he was resigning before the end of the year to spend more time with his family. He had a key role in the party's campaign in the December 2019 general election.

Writing

Fisher has also maintained a

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at LEAP Economics."About the author", ''The Failed Experiment'', The Radical Read Project deadlink
. Retrieved 9 November 2015 He is the author of ''The Failed Experiment: And How to Build an Economy that Works'', a book published in 2014 about the

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. According to one reviewer, the book "argues for the urgent need for a fundamental democratisation of the economy, and recognises this will require a re-intensification of popular struggles." Fisher wrote an online article for ''

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'' in the aftermath of the 2019 general election, published on 17 December 2019. He wrote another which was published on 18 January 2020, regarding the 2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election. In ''

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'' on 17 February 2020, he wrote regarding the legacy of

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and

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Television

Fisher appeared on the

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's ''

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'' on 13 January 2020, with Steve Baker,

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and Sarah Baxter. He was also interviewed by

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for the BBC's ''

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'' on 17 January 2020, regarding the

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.Newsnight on BBC iPlayer, 17 January 2020
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Personal life

Fisher is married with a son and has lived in

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since 2006.

References

External links

Blog maintained by Fisher at LEAP Economics
Living people 1979 births Advisors English activists English political writers Labour Party (UK) people People from Worthing Trade unionists from Hampshire Trade unionists from Sussex Writers from Portsmouth British republicans Labour Party (UK) officials {{Improve categories, date=January 2020