Reuben Solomon is a political adviser based in the United Kingdom. He was a special adviser to the former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss.[1]

Reuben Solomon
Special Advisor
In office
2022–2022
Personal details
BornAugust 1988 (age 35–36)[citation needed]
Political partyConservative Party (UK)

Career

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Solomon worked for the Conservative Party during the 2019 British General Election. He previously worked closely with Conservative election strategist, Lynton Crosby.[2][when?] Solomon has also served as the head of digital for the British Conservative Party.[3][when?]

In 2019, a series of Facebook advertisements advocating for a No-deal Brexit were created by several supposed grassroots community groups; several of these advertisements were later found to be linked to Solomon.[4] He also worked for the Conservative Party the COVID-19 pandemic[5] and following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[importance?]

In January 2022, Solomon was appointed as a Special Adviser to Liz Truss, who was serving as the Foreign Secretary at the time.[6][7][8] He went on to become the leader of Truss's digital campaign during the British Conservative Party leadership election in mid-2022.[9][2]

In May 2023, Solomon launched Ridgeway Strategy, a political consultancy company.[10] In May 2024, Ridgeway announced the opening of its Middle East office in Abu Dhabi. [11]

References

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  1. ^ "Liz Truss's Chief of Staff Turned Witness By The FBI Under Threat Of Prosecution Over Illegal Funding Of US Campaign". Sarawakreport.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  2. ^ a b "Liz Truss v Rishi Sunak: Who's winning the social media war?". BBC News. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  3. ^ "Liz Truss hires Boris Johnson's official videographer". The Telegraph. 2022-01-29. ISSN 0307-1235.
  4. ^ "'Grassroots' Facebook Brexit ads secretly run by staff of Lynton Crosby firm". The Guardian. 2019-04-03.
  5. ^ "London Influence: Hanover's Labour grab — Open government latest — Meet Ridgeway". POLITICO. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  6. ^ "How Liz Truss snapped up the finest minds in wonkland to run her bid for No 10". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235.
  7. ^ "How Liz Truss did it". POLITICO. 2022-09-05.
  8. ^ "Liz Truss's blueprint for her first month as prime minister". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460.
  9. ^ "Rival visions within emerging British Tory leadership on significant issues". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  10. ^ "Ex-Downing Street head of digital opens comms consultancy". www.prweek.com. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  11. ^ May 2024, Elizabeth Wiredu 16. "Ridgeway Strategy launches Middle East office". www.prweek.com. Retrieved 2024-05-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)