Peter Riddell
Encyclopedia
The Rt Hon. Peter Riddell is a British journalist
and author
. From 1991 to 2010 he was a political commentator for The Times
and has been an Assistant Editor since 1991. Prior to this, he was US Editor and Washington Bureau Chief at The Financial Times between 1989 and 1991.
He has been a member of the Hansard Society
council since 1996 and was elected Chair in 2007. He is a senior fellow at the Institute for Government
.
On 6 July 2010 Prime Minister David Cameron
announced that Riddell would be one of three members of an inquiry to determine whether British intelligence officers were complicit in the torture of detainees, including those from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp or subject to rendition flights. Riddell joined the Privy Council
to permit easier access to secret information.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
. From 1991 to 2010 he was a political commentator for The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
and has been an Assistant Editor since 1991. Prior to this, he was US Editor and Washington Bureau Chief at The Financial Times between 1989 and 1991.
He has been a member of the Hansard Society
Hansard Society
The Hansard Society was formed in 1944 to promote parliamentary democracy. Founded and chaired by Commander Stephen King-Hall, the first subscribers were Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee...
council since 1996 and was elected Chair in 2007. He is a senior fellow at the Institute for Government
Institute for Government
The Institute for Government is an United Kingdom independent charity that aims to improve government effectiveness created in 2008. It was initially funded with about £15 million by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, at the instigation of Lord David Sainsbury.....
.
On 6 July 2010 Prime Minister David Cameron
David Cameron
David William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament ....
announced that Riddell would be one of three members of an inquiry to determine whether British intelligence officers were complicit in the torture of detainees, including those from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp or subject to rendition flights. Riddell joined the Privy Council
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign in the United Kingdom...
to permit easier access to secret information.
Publications
- The Thatcher Government (1983), ISBN 978-0631145196
- The Thatcher Decade (1989), ISBN 978-0631162742
- The Thatcher Era and Its Legacy (1991), ISBN 978-0631182689
- Honest Opportunism: The Rise of the Career Politician (1993), ISBN 978-0575400399
- Parliament Under Pressure (1997), ISBN 978-0575064355
- Parliament Under Blair (2000), ISBN 978-1902301600
- Blair Government (2002), ISBN 978-1902301747
- Hug Them Close: Blair, Clinton, Bush and the 'Special Relationship (2004), ISBN 978-1842751183
- The Unfulfilled Prime Minister: Tony Blair's Quest for a Legacy (2006), ISBN 978-1842751688
- In defence of Politicians (in spite of themselves)" (2011)