- Andy Coulson
Andrew Edward Coulson (born
21 January 1968 ,Billericay ) is Director of Communications & Planning at the Conservative Party.Early life
He grew up in
Wickford nearBasildon inEssex . He attended Beauchamps Comprehensive School on "Beauchamps Drive" from 1979-86.Career
He started work at 18 on the "Basildon Echo" in 1986. In 1988, he moved to "
The Sun ", working withPiers Morgan on the "Bizarre" column. In 1994, he briefly moved to the "Daily Mail ", but after nine weeks moved back to "The Sun" to edit "Bizarre". He became deputy editor of the "News of the World" in 2003, then replacedRebekah Wade as editor in 2003.Coulson is a former Editor of the "
News of the World " who resigned in January 2007 over the royal phone-tapping scandal involvingClive Goodman . He became Conservative Director of Communications on July 9 2007.In 2001, in the run up to the general election, he asked Tony and Cherie Blair whether they were members of the "
mile high club ".Personal life
He married Eloise Patrick in December 2000 in
Fulham , and they have two sons (born June 2001 and March 2002). They live insouth London . He follows Tottenham Hotspur.External links
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1553095/Profile-Tabloid-journalist-with-few-equals.html "Telegraph" article June 2007]
* [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/andy-coulson-blueeyed-boy-451358.html "Independent" article June 2007]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2007/jun/03/pressandpublishing.marketingandpr "Observer" profile June 2007]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6707935.stm Becoming Conservative communications chief]
* [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=36734§ioncode=1 "Press Gazette" February 2007]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/jan/27/uknews2 "Guardian" profile January 2007]
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