The long search is over. A brave volunteer has stepped up for the most unwanted job in Whitehall. Gordon Brown has a new speechwriter.
His name is Tim Kiddell and his expertise, fortunately, is in “work and wellbeing”*. This may come in handy as he ducks flying objects and learns to cope with his clean prose being defaced by a thick marker pen. We wish him well.
He certainly adds to the pool of unusual talents at No 10. He is a former Kings College choral scholar who is still an active tenor. You can read a review of one of his solos here. The piece? Mozart’s Requiem.
* Prior to joining Downing St, Mr Kiddell led the “cross-government delivery unit for the Health Work and Wellbeing Strategy”, supporting Dame Carol Black’s review of the health of Britain’s workforce.
Jim Pickard
Kiran Stacey
