Update: SAMUEL COATES' LAST DAY AS DEPUTY EDITOR WAS SATURDAY 26TH JULY 2008. SAM HAS MOVED TO DAVID CAMERON'S OFFICE TO BECOME A SPEECHWRITER.
Message from the Deputy Editor:
"I have been involved in politics and journalism since secondary school and joined the Conservative Party early on. Brought up in north Liverpool, I have worked for the Liverpool Echo and Daily Post newspapers, and a target seat election campaign in Warrington.
I was working on ConservativeHome part-time whilst reading Politics and International Relations at university, and left to go full-time on it and related projects at the start of 2007.
I do a bit of everything for the site such as going to press conferences, writing ToryDiary pieces and compiling the newslinks, as well as running CentreRight and the Platform.
My political perspective could be described as a fusion of social conservatism and economic liberalism, working together for social justice by harnessing personal responsibility and civic society. I believe we need to be prepared for how the internet will change the hierarchical way politics works in this country, and therefore take a particular interest in developments in new media and the conservative movement both here and abroad.
I am a member of the Conservative Party's Human Rights Commission, and the Territorial Army. I enjoy travelling, good food, and the outdoors."
See Samuel's Q&A with ConservativeHome readers
View all of Samuel's posts on CentreRight.com
Meet Tim Montgomerie, Editor.
