Downing Street Needs a Director of Strategy
Downing Street needs to appoint a Director of Strategy someone to synthesise the intelligence and advice coming from the opinion research staff and the policy advisers, and in turn advise the communications team on how to build a campaign that will anticipate likely challenges and exploit likely opportunities. They need someone whose job it is to look constantly three to six months ahead and who can ultimately ensure that the Government machine can morph into a campaign machine as an election approaches.