Nick Tyrone

Nick Tyrone is a journalist, novelist and writer who has published articles in The Spectator,[1] Daily Express, The Independent, New Statesman.[2] He has written several books including Dead Idol, Apocalypse Delayed: Why the Left is Still in Trouble, and Politics is Murder. He has been described by Jon Rentoul in The Independent as a "waspish writer and natural troublemaker".[3]

Nick Tyrone
Nick Tyrone Spectator cartoon
Born11 December 1972 (1972-12-11) (age 50)
Occupation(s)Journalist, novelist, writer
Notable workApocalypse Delayed: Why the Left is Still in Trouble; Politics is Murder
MovementOrange Book Liberalism
SpousePolly Mackenzie
ChildrenThree

Political career

He was the Director of Operations and Finance as well as the Treasurer of the Yes to Fairer Votes campaign that in May 2011 sought (unsuccessfully) to change the UK voting system. Tyrone later told the BBC that the campaign once considered putting out inflatable replicas of MPs' bottoms for the public to "kick".[4]

For a period, he was the Executive Director of Centreforum, the think tank most known for the book The Orange Book: Reclaiming Liberalism which later became the Education Policy Institute. He left to join British Influence in the wake of the Brexit referendum in 2016.[5]

He was a known member of the Liberal Democrats from 2008 to 2016,[6] having subsequently written articles criticising the party.[7][8]

He is currently an Associate Fellow at the think tank Bright Blue.[9]

References
  1. "Nick Tyrone". Spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. "Nick Tyrone, Author". Newstatesman.com. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  3. Rentoul, Jon (5 August 2020). "The time may have come for the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party to merge". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022.
  4. Mason, Chris; Sinclair, Camellia (20 March 2021). "The Forgotten Referendum". BBC News.
  5. Pack, Mark (3 October 2015). "Nick Tyrone leaves CentreForum think tank". markpack.org.uk.
  6. Tyrone, Nick (18 June 2021). "Why I was so wrong about the Lib Dems". The Spectator. London. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  7. Tyrone, Nick (6 May 2021). "Why are the Lib Dems siding with France in the Jersey crisis?". The Spectator. London. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  8. Tyrone, Nick (27 April 2020). "The Lib Dems' Ramadan stunt is spectacularly bad politics". The Spectator. London. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  9. "Nick Tyrone". Brightblue.org.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.