Cleo Watson Explained

Cleo Watson is a British author and former special adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[1]

Education

Watson attended Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls.[2] Watson grew up in Hay-on-Wye and studied politics and economics at Cardiff University.[3]

Career

In 2012, Watson interned for the Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign. Watson joined 10 Downing Street in 2019, as an ally of Dominic Cummings and a former employee at Vote Leave.[4]

Watson described working as a like a “nanny” to Boris Johnson during the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] She was fined after Partygate.[6] Following the Sue Gray report it emerged that Watson had organised the event.[7] In November 2020, Watson 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

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.

In popular culture

Watson was portrayed by Naomi Battrick in the Channel 4 drama Partygate.[12] Watson was portrayed by Greta Bellamacina in the Sky Atlantic docudrama television miniseries This England.[13]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Croft . Ethan . 2023-05-25 . Scandalous ‘bonkbuster’ book by ex-Boris advisor causes a fuss in Westminster . 2024-06-23 . Evening Standard . en.
  2. Web site: Boris Johnson's former aide describes 'nannying' the needy PM during the pandemic - Wales Online . 2024-06-23 . www.walesonline.co.uk.
  3. Web site: Lawford . Emily . Cleo Watson: Organising a Number 10 party was "obviously fucking stupid" . 2024-06-23 . www.prospectmagazine.co.uk . en.
  4. Web site: Hatton . Ben . 2022-07-29 . Former aide to Boris Johnson says she felt like his ‘nanny’ . 2024-06-23 . Evening Standard . en.
  5. Web site: Chaplain . Chloe . 2022-07-29 . 'I was like Boris’s nanny': No 10 aide reveals how she had to mind the PM during the pandemic . 2024-06-23 . inews.co.uk . en.
  6. Web site: Burge . Amy . McAlister . Jodi . 2024-06-19 . Whips, adultery and a ‘Loin King’: what is it about Tory political players writing scandalous books? . 2024-06-23 . The Conversation . en-US.
  7. News: 2022-05-25 . Sue Gray partygate report: The key findings at a glance . 2024-06-23 . BBC News . en-GB.
  8. News: 2020-11-26 . Boris Johnson appoints new chief of staff after Cummings exit . 2024-06-23 . BBC News . en-GB.
  9. News: 4 September 2022 . What's first for the new prime minister? . 4 September 2022 . BBC One / BBC News.
  10. Web site: Watson . Cleo . 2022-07-28 . Cleo Watson – Boris Johnson’s former aide, now published novelist – lifts the lid on life in Westminster . 2024-06-23 . Tatler . en-GB.
  11. Web site: Watson . Cleo . 2024-06-20 . Quiet, bookish and occasionally extremely nasty; Cleo Watson on the real Boris Johnson - as he announces his upcoming memoir, Unleashed . 2024-06-23 . Tatler . en-GB.
  12. Web site: Meet the cast of Partygate on Channel 4 . 2024-06-23 . Radio Times . en-GB.
  13. Web site: Yossman . K. J. . 2021-07-30 . ‘This Sceptred Isle’ Star Greta Bellamacina Set to Lead Italy-U.K. Feature ‘Commedia’ (EXCLUSIVE) . 2024-06-23 . Variety . en-US.
  14. News: Deacon . Michael . 2023-05-25 . A romp through Westminster’s sex life – and who’s this floppy-haired character? . 2024-06-23 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.
  15. News: Kennedy . Kara . 2024-06-06 . Who knew the sex lives of MPs could be this much fun? . 2024-06-23 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.

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