UK PM SUNAK HIRES JOURNALIST AMBER DE BOTTON AS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

Sat 29 October 2022:

Downing Street confirmed that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appointed Amber de Botton as his director of communications.

De Botton’s career as a journalist has included working for broadcasters ITV News and Sky News.

She leaves ITV News, where she was head of UK news and previously head of politics.

Unlike an impartial civil servant, the special adviser will be able to give political advice to ministers, defend the Government’s actions and criticise opposition parties.

ITV political editor Robert Peston tweeted: “My colleague Amber de Botton is leaving ITV to be @RishiSunak’s director of communications. She is a brilliant news editor and journalist, and leaves a huge hole at @itvnews.”

My colleague Amber de Botton is leaving ITV to be @RishiSunak’s director of communications. She is a brilliant news editor and journalist, and leaves a huge hole at @itvnews

— Robert Peston (@Peston) October 29, 2022

When Sunak served as chancellor in 2020, Allegra Stratton was hired as his head of strategic communications. However, a few months later, she was plucked by Boris Johnson to serve as his spokeswoman for televised briefings.

ITV obtained video showing Ms Stratton talking about a “fictional party” at a mock press conference, only days after an allegedly rule-breaching Christmas party at No. 10. She quit the next day.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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