A genuine pleasure to be able to turn up for a reunion of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit last night, hosted by Thomas Ellis and team in their elegant Mayfair townhouse. I was part of the gang at the tail end of the last Labour government, during Blair's third term and then the (albeit brief) Brown years too. Hard to believe it has been the best part of two decades. Less hard to believe all the impressive things that group has been doing in the years since. With a bit of luck the current government will resurrect PMSU in some form soon enough..... Stephen Aldridge Sophie Birshan (nee Craig) Ben Jupp Nick Canning Will Cavendish Gareth Davies Sarah Healey Tom Steinberg Richard Sargeant David Knott Catriona Laing CB Paul Maltby Claudine Menashe-Jones David Pinto-Duschinsky Matt Robinson Owain Service Jacob West Jonathan Black Chris Yiu.
You look like a much more male group than I think would be true today.
This group vital for New Labour resurrection, all the best as UK needs to step on accelerator asap! No time to lose!
Excellent! I was a Senior Advisor in the PMSU in 2004
You’re still the tallest in the room!
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