Tim Hames
Encyclopedia
Tim Hames is Head of Communications and Public Affairs for the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA). Before joining BVCA, he was a columnist and Chief Leader Writer at The Times
. He occasionally writes travel pieces. He also wrote for The Tablet
and the Charleston Mercury. Before joining the Times in 1999, he was a lecturer in politics at Oxford University. He attended Oriel College
, Oxford. He has a doctorate in philosophy (DPhil) from the University of Oxford.
Together with Andrew Adonis
he wrote a "A Conservative Revolution?", a work looking at the rise of Thatcherism
.
Hames edited the Times Guide to the House of Commons in 2001 and 2005. He was mocked by the magazine Private Eye
for a 2007 column entitled 'I’ve got the sauce to say it: Barack Obama is a loser' in which he made inaccurate predications about the future of American politics including saying it was "absurd" to say Obama would become President, and that if he won he would eat his words with Tabasco sauce.
On the 8th September 2009, it was announced that Hames would become Special Adviser to the Speaker of the House of Commons
, John Bercow
.
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...
. He occasionally writes travel pieces. He also wrote for The Tablet
The Tablet
The Tablet is a Catholic international weekly review published in London. Contributors to its pages have included Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Paul VI ....
and the Charleston Mercury. Before joining the Times in 1999, he was a lecturer in politics at Oxford University. He attended Oriel College
Oriel College
Oriel College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford...
, Oxford. He has a doctorate in philosophy (DPhil) from the University of Oxford.
Together with Andrew Adonis
Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis
Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis is a British academic, journalist, Labour Party politician and Life Peer, who was Secretary of State for Transport between 2009-2010....
he wrote a "A Conservative Revolution?", a work looking at the rise of Thatcherism
Thatcherism
Thatcherism describes the conviction politics, economic and social policy, and political style of the British Conservative politician Margaret Thatcher, who was leader of her party from 1975 to 1990...
.
Hames edited the Times Guide to the House of Commons in 2001 and 2005. He was mocked by the magazine Private Eye
Private Eye
Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop.Since its first publication in 1961, Private Eye has been a prominent critic and lampooner of public figures and entities that it deemed guilty of any of the sins of incompetence, inefficiency,...
for a 2007 column entitled 'I’ve got the sauce to say it: Barack Obama is a loser' in which he made inaccurate predications about the future of American politics including saying it was "absurd" to say Obama would become President, and that if he won he would eat his words with Tabasco sauce.
On the 8th September 2009, it was announced that Hames would become Special Adviser to the Speaker of the House of Commons
Speaker of the British House of Commons
The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...
, John Bercow
John Bercow
John Simon Bercow is a British politician who has been the Speaker of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom since June 2009. Prior to his election to Speaker he was a member of the Conservative party....
.