The Diary: Andrew Griffith MP

Mace | Issue 6 | Magazine, Westminster Index

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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 03: Conservative MP Andrew Griffith is seen on February 3, 2022 in London, England.
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 03: Conservative MP Andrew Griffith is seen on February 3, 2022 in London, England.

The director of Number 10's Policy Unit tells us about his return to Downing Street

Prints of Policy Welcoming Baroness Kate Rock to my Downing Street office for a recent meeting, she had a déjà vu moment on seeing the art on the walls. The half-dozen or so prints have reportedly hung unchanged from when Camilla Cavendish was David Cameron’s director of the Policy Unit back in 2015. Kate recalls helping to choose the prints with Camilla, knowing artist Elisabeth Frink as her neighbour in Dorset. I observe there have been no fewer than four directors rotating through the office since then. If only pictures could talk!  Slindon – the home of cricket? To Slindon in my Arundel and South Downs constituency to join parish councillors and residents for the latest planting as part of the wonderful Queen’s Green Canopy project celebrating Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee year.  Today’s takes place on the 70th day of 2022 to replicate the 70th anniversary of Her accession. Two English oak saplings from Arundel Arboretum are swiftly planted with a commemorative plaque installed, a...

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