James Slack
| James Slack | |
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| Downing Street Press Secretary | |
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Assumed office 18 April 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Lizzie Loudon |
| Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson | |
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Assumed office 10 February 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Helen Bower |
James Slack is the current Downing Street Press Secretary and a former British journalist. Previously Home Affairs editor of the title, he was appointed political editor of the Daily Mail in October 2015 in succession to James Chapman, who had been appointed as spokesman for George Osborne, then Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Slack wrote the controversial Enemies of the People front page article on the 4th November 2016 criticising and abusing Senior Judges in the High Court in England who had made a decision the British Daily Mail newspaper did not agree with.
At the Daily Mail, as Home Affairs editor, he was involved in the campaign to stop Gary McKinnon, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, from being extradited to the United States to face charges relating to computer hacking.
At the end of January 2017 it appeared that Slack was to be appointed as the Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson, which was confirmed on 10 February 2017. Following the resignation of Lizzie Loudon on 18 April 2017, Slack assumed the position of Downing Street Press Secretary.
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