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First a peerage, now a plum job—why does Boris keep promoting Charlotte Owen?

Prospect Magazine - Britain's leading monthly current affairs magazine
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Baroness Charlotte Owen of Alderley Edge was appointed to the peerage in July 2023 by Boris Johnson .

Seven years ago she was something of a blank sheet of paper: a York University graduate who had done little more than a series of internships.

She morphed by a little-understood form of political alchemy from volunteering in a northern constituency office into a position as senior parliamentary assistant to prime minister Boris Johnson , where she would reportedly “arrange meetings, feed in information for Boris ” and so on.

Unusually for Johnson , he sought Cabinet Office clearance before taking on this role.

The COO of Adnani and Johnson ’s new company is Chris Skidmore , the former energy minister, who is on the record as an enthusiastic advocate of nuclear energy.

It will be fascinating to see Charlotte juggling her roles as a consultant and Baroness .

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