Wolf's clothing

The Telegraph reports that "Public First", based at 11 Tufton Street, has been hired by the DCMS to report on attitudes to various forms of funding models for public service broadcasting. You thought they were only considering de-criminalising non-payment....

I'm sure they'll do a bang-up job. One of the firm's founders, Rachel Wolf, co-wrote the 2019 Conservative manifesto, so can clearly turn a credible phrase, which may or may not be used in framing Public First's questions. I'm sure the DCMS will be transparent in its reporting.

Rachel worked with Dominic Cummings at Education when she was part of the New Schools Network. Here's her style on Newsnight...

“This is going to be a radical government for three reasons. First is they have a majority… second is… that they’ve had a tonne of new voters… and third… is by changing how Whitehall delivers.”

- @racheljanetwolf co-writer of the Conservative manifesto#Newsnight pic.twitter.com/TG3AapvGeu

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) December 16, 2019