Andrew Rawnsley
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Andrew Nicholas James Rawnsley (born January 5, 1962) is a British political journalist and broadcaster.
He was educated on a scholarship at Rugby Public School and read History at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, gaining a first-class Honours degree. He started his career at the BBC, working there for two years from 1983, and in 1985 joined The Guardian. From 1987 he was the newspaper's parliamentary sketch writer.
In 1993 he moved to The Observer as Chief Political Commentator and Associate Editor, a position he holds to this day. Rawnsley has also broadcast regularly; he was co-presenter of Channel Four's A Week in Politics and has been the principal presenter of BBC Radio Four's The Westminster Hour since 1998. He continues to be the writer-presenter of one-off documentaries for Channel Four.
Rawnsley's award-winning book, Servants of the People (2000, paperback revision 2001) is a well-regarded account of the early years of New Labour in government. In particular the book raised the profile of the feud between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
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