Ryan Shorthouse

Ryan Shorthouse is a British writer, thinker, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and chief executive of Bright Blue, an independent think tank for promoting Liberal Conservatism.

Life and career

Ryan Shorthouse founded Bright Blue in 2010, and became its full-time director in 2014.[1] He was previously a Research Fellow for the Social Market Foundation and a part of the team that won Prospect magazine's Think Tank of the Year in 2012.[2][3] Before 2010, he was a researcher for the Rt Hon David Willetts MP during his tenure as Shadow Education Secretary, where he authored the Conservative Party's Childhood Review.

He is also a writer and political commentator, appearing regularly on television, radio, and in print.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Shorthouse is a trustee of the Young Women's Trust and the Early Intervention Foundation, and a Visiting Fellow of King's College London.

References

  1. "Ryan Shorthouse - Bright Blue".
  2. "Ryan Shorthouse - Social Market Foundation".
  3. "Prospect think-tank awards 2012".
  4. Shorthouse, Ryan (22 December 2016). "Don't blame the elite – that's the politics of nihilism and envy". The Guardian.
  5. Shorthouse, Ryan (17 July 2017). "Brexit is Britain's chance to become a human rights superpower". The Telegraph.
  6. Shorthouse, Ryan (8 December 2010). "Imaginative early years will improve our children's education". The Daily Mail.
  7. Shorthouse, Ryan (28 March 2014). "Liberals are well served by the Conservative Party". The New Statesman.
  8. Shorthouse, Ryan (25 July 2016). "Brexit provides the perfect opportunity to crack the immigration question". The Spectator.
  9. Shorthouse, Ryan (31 March 2017). "The right-wing case against populism". Prospect.
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