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Peter Cardwell

Peter Cardwell

Peter Cardwell
Author Commentator
Consultant & Former SpAd

Peter Cardwell is a political commentator, author, non-executive director, consultant and speaker.

He grew up in a small village in Northern Ireland.  His first job after graduating from Oxford was as a researcher on BBC Newsnight, working closely with Jeremy Paxman.  He’s also worked for BBC Washington, Question Time, Sky News and reported for ITV, 5 News, UTV and BBC Northern Ireland, as well as writing for publications including The Daily TelegraphThe Johannesburg StarThe Irish Times and Your Cat magazine.

Peter holds a Master’s Degree from Columbia School of Journalism, where he was Alistair Cooke Fulbright Scholar.  He spent three and a half years years as a special adviser in the May and Johnson administrations, working for four Cabinet ministers.

He is the author of The Secret Life of Special Advisers and a frequent political commentator in national and international broadcast and print media.

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