Harry Cole (journalist)

Harry Cole (born 27 April 1986)[1][2] is a British journalist who is political editor of The Sun, having previously been deputy political editor of the Mail On Sunday.[3]

Harry Cole
Born (1986-04-27) 27 April 1986
NationalityBritish
EducationTonbridge School
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
OccupationJournalist

Early life

Cole was born on 27 April 1986. He attended Tonbridge School,[4] before reading Politics at the University of Edinburgh. He was Vice-Chairman/Treasurer of the Edinburgh University Conservative Association[5] and Vice-President of Scottish Conservative Future. Cole wrote the ToryBear blog, focusing on Conservative student politics.[6]

Career

Cole has written for publications including the Sunday Times and GQ.[1] He was voted the 28th most influential man in Britain by GQ in November 2011. Cole has primarily focused on politicians’ expenses scandals and government waste.[7]

Cole was the co-editor of the pseudonymous website Guido Fawkes with Paul Staines until 2015,[8] having also been the news editor.[6]

In 2015, following the suspension of BBC Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, Cole delivered a petition with a million signatures, which the website he wrote for had started on Change.org, to BBC Broadcasting House by means of an Abbot self propelled artillery vehicle, calling it a 'Tank', procured from the company 'Tanks-Alot'.[9][10][11]

Cole has served as a contributing editor of The Spectator, columnist for Spectator Life, and Westminster correspondent for The Sun.[12] In May 2020 it was announced that he would return to The Sun, to become political editor in June,[13] succeeding Tom Newton Dunn who was moving to radio.

Personal life

Cole was once in a relationship with Carrie Symonds,[14] the fiancée of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

References
  1. "GQ 100 Most Influential Men In Britain 2013 List - GQ.co.uk". GQ. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014.
  2. Cole, Harry. "Thanks for my birthday present @Lunch_BXD". Twitter. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. "Harry Cole". twitter.com.
  4. "Heroku | Login". id.heroku.com. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  5. "Apply for your Fresher's Pack". Conservative Home.
  6. "The Westminster Brat Pack". Gazette.
  7. "Harry Cole". Media Intelligence Partners.
  8. "THE SUN'S HARRY COLE: New Era of Punctuation & Punctuality". Guido Fawkes. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  9. "Driving the Stig To BBC House On A Tank". Tanks Alot. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  10. "Guido Aims Guns at Danny Cohen". Guido Fawkes.
  11. "'Tank' delivers Clarkson petition to the BBC". BBC News.
  12. Jackson, Jasper (24 June 2015). "Guido Fawkes' Harry Cole joins Sun as Westminster correspondent". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  13. Tobitt, Charlotte. "Harry Cole named new Sun political editor as Tom Newton Dunn leaves for Times Radio". Press Gazette. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  14. Gray, Freddy. "What drives First Fiancée Carrie Symonds, asks Freddy Gray". Tatler. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
Media offices
Preceded by
Tom Newton Dunn		 Political Editor of The Sun
2020–present		 Incumbent


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