Alex Deane

Alexander "Alex" Deane is an English writer, political commentator and consultant.[1] He is a regular commentator on Sky News and BBC Dateline London.[2]

Alex Deane

Education

Deane was educated at County Upper School,[3] a state comprehensive school in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, followed by Trinity College at the University of Cambridge, where he read English Literature, graduating in 2000, and at Griffith University in Australia, where he was a Rotary Scholar, and graduated with an MA in International Relations in 2002.[4]

Career

Deane was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 2005.[5] He served as Chief of Staff to David Cameron and Tim Collins during their respective periods as Shadow Secretary of State for Education.[2]

Commentating on allegations that Boris Johnson groped Charlotte Edwardes, Deane quoted Alan Clark who said: "How do I know my advances are unwanted until I’ve made them?".[6]

References
  1. "Rosindell's 'integration' idea dismissed as Brexit 'publicity stunt'". Gibraltar Chronicle. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. "Alex Deane". FTI Consulting. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  3. "Alex blames the middle classes". East Anglian Daily Times. 14 June 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  4. "Alexander Deane". ConservativeHome. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  5. "The Middle Templar" (PDF). Middle Temple. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  6. "Toby Young says people 'complained if Boris didn't put his hand on their knee'". Daily Mirror.
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