Cleo Watson
Cleo Watson | |
|---|---|
| Education | Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls |
| Alma mater | Cardiff University |
| Occupations | author, special adviser |
Cleo Watson is a British author and former special adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[1]
Education
[edit | edit source]Watson attended Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls.[2] She grew up in Hay-on-Wye and studied politics and economics at Cardiff University.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]In 2012, Watson interned for the Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign.[3] She joined 10 Downing Street in 2019 as an ally of Dominic Cummings and a former employee at Vote Leave.[4]
She described working for Boris Johnson during the COVID-19 pandemic as being a like a "nanny" to him.[5] She was fined after the Partygate scandal.[6] Following the Sue Gray report it emerged that Watson had organised the event.[7] In November 2020, she left Downing Street alongside Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain.[8] In September 2022, she was a panellist on the debut episode of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on BBC One.[9]
Watson is an author of two books.[10] In 2024, she described Johnson as "quiet, bookish and, occasionally, extremely nasty".[11]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Watson's sister Annabel worked as chief of staff for Theresa May from 2006 and 2010 when she was Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary.[2]
In popular culture
[edit | edit source]Watson was portrayed by Naomi Battrick in the Channel 4 drama Partygate.[12] She was portrayed by Greta Bellamacina in the Sky Atlantic docudrama television miniseries This England.[13]
Bibliography
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