Harry Cole (born 27 April 1986) is a British journalist who is political editor of '' The Sun'', having previously been deputy political editor of the ''

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''.

Early life

Cole was born on 27 April 1986. He attended

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, before reading Politics at the

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. He was Vice-Chairman/Treasurer of the Edinburgh University Conservative Association and Vice-President of Scottish

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. Cole wrote the ''ToryBear'' blog, focusing on Conservative student politics.

Career

Cole has written for publications including the '' Sunday Times'' and '' GQ''. Cole has primarily focused on politicians' expenses scandals and

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. Cole was the co-editor of the pseudonymous website Guido Fawkes with Paul Staines until 2015. In 2015, following the suspension of BBC ''Top Gear'' presenter

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, Cole delivered a petition with a million signatures, which the website he wrote for had started on

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, to

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by means of an

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self propelled artillery vehicle, calling it a 'Tank', procured from the company 'Tanks-Alot'. Cole has served as a contributing editor of ''

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'', columnist for ''Spectator Life'', and

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correspondent for ''The Sun''. In May 2020 it was announced that he would return to ''The Sun'', to become political editor in June, succeeding

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who left ''The Sun'' to become a commentator for ''

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''. In September 2022, Cole and James Heale began writing a biography of new British prime minister

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, to be titled '' Out of the Blue: The inside story of Liz Truss and her astonishing rise to power''. They changed its title a day before her resignation, turning "astonishing" into "explosive". The book had still not been published at that time, and Cole and Heale rewrote parts of it and added a chapter.

Personal life

Cole was once in a relationship with

Carrie Symonds Caroline Louise Beavan Johnson (' Symonds; born 17 March 1988) is a British media consultant and the wife of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson. She is the daughter of Matthew Symonds, co-founder of ''The Independent.'' ...

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