Alexander "Harry" Cole

Alexander Robert James Cole - known as Harry Cole (Born 1986, Kent) is the Vice-President of Conservative Future Scotland [http://www.scottishconservatives.com/future/about_cfs/who_we_are.aspx] and the Elections Officer for the Conservative Future Student Life Committee [http://executive.cfbranch.com/?p=79] . He is the founder of the Sunlight Centre for Open Politics. [http://www.sunlight-cops.org.uk]

Like his close political ally and mentor Donal Blaney, Cole attended Tonbridge School. While at Edinburgh University he unsuccessfully stood for President of EUSA - Edinburgh University Student's Association in the controversial and hard fought 2008 campus elections. [http://www.journal-online.co.uk/articles/show/3128] During the campaign it emerged that Cole was involved in the comical, yet controversial gossip blog EUSA-less that highlighted the flaws in the Association he aimed to take over. [http://www.journal-online.co.uk/articles/show/2957] The blog was taken down for legal reasons concerning an allegation of cocaine use made against one of Cole's opponents. [http://www.eusaless.blogspot.com]

In 2008 Cole was elected Chairman of Edinburgh University Conservative and Unionist Association [http://www.eucua.co.uk/] and the 222nd President of the highly prodigious and enigmatic Diagnostic Society of Edinburgh - an ancient debating society of "wit and reason." [http://diagnostics.eusa.ed.ac.uk/]

In 2007 Cole worked in the Conservative Campaign Headquarters co-ordinating the university recruitment drive for Conservative Future. [http://conservativehome.blogs.com/cfdiary/2007/07/apply-for-your-.html]

In 2008 in his capacity as Director of the Sunlight Centre for Open Politics Cole reported the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to the Electoral Commission for "undeclared donations in kind" relating to Gordon Brown's links to the Smith Institute, [http://sunlightcops.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2201705%3ABlogPost%3A54] a fact covered by the Daily Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2518304/Think-tank-boss-resigns-after-Gordon-Brown-links-criticised.html] The Prime Minister is still under investigation and the Commission is yet to report.

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http://www.harrycole.nethttp://www.sunlight-cops.org.uk