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Samuel Coates answers your questions

The Deputy Editor of ConservativeHome answers all of your questions (in the order they were asked).

Anonymous: Is it true that Conservative Home is run by a bunch of evangelical, right wing Tories, who are yet to come of the closet?

Nope.

Matthew Dear: Hi Sam! Some people might be envious of the opportunity that you've had to get into this exciting and cutting-edge world. Is succeeding at something so new down to luck, or sheer bloody hard work?

Bit of both. As you say it is very exciting being at the confluence between politics and new media, and I do feel very fortunate of the opportunity. Frequent brainstorming helps us stay ahead of the curve in such a new industry. A lot of ideas don't work, it's just a matter of bashing on. It is hard work to sustain though, and you can't underestimate the mental burden of trying to be comprehensive as well as on top of breaking news. I imagine it's like being a newspaper editor but with more relentlessness as instead of daily deadlines you may need to update it at any time.

Any Questions for Sam Coates?

Samuel Coates is Deputy Editor of ConservativeHome. Sam has been active in politics and journalism since secondary school and joined the Conservative Party early on. Brought up in Liverpool, he worked for the Liverpool Echo and Daily Post newspapers, and on a target seat election campaign. He was reading Politics and International Relations at Oxford Brookes University, but has largely put that on hold for now to work on ConservativeHome.

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