Jack, 42, was brought into Mr Johnson's team of reputation burnishers by Lee Cain just after the General Election, from his job as associate editor for politics at the Daily Mail. He eventually became deputy to another old Mail hand, James Slack, before emerging as No 10's Director of Communications in April.
He started in journalism with the Press Association, moving from home affairs to the Westminster beat. In that role he moved to the Mail, where, after a largely scoop-free spell*, he became associate editor for politics and chief leader writer, under Paul Dacre and Geordie Greig. He did, however, appear back in the Mail's news pages when Boris and Carrie moved into Downing Street in July 2019.
* In 2010, Jack reported that, by his calculation, Mohammed had outstripped Oliver as the most popular name for baby boys (by adding the various spellings - Muhammad, Mohammad, Muhammed, Mohamed, Mohamad, Muhamed, Mohammod, Mahamed, Muhamad, Mahammed and Mohmmed.)Jack D is gonner but 🛒 will be thinking: 'not now, gotta keep him as the sacrifice for Case's inquiry then - Im shocked shocked I tell you to discover there was a party & I was misled - do a deal with Jack to keep all the wallpaper horror buried...'
— Dominic Cummings (@Dominic2306) December 10, 2021He was 'Highly Commended' in the 2015 British Journalism Awards, alongside David Jones, Sam Greenhill, and Ian Drury for "US Gulag That Shames the West" – the campaign for the closure of Guantanamo Bay and the release of Shaker Aamer
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