Harry Cole (journalist)


Harry Cole is a British journalist who is political editor of The Sun, having previously been deputy political editor of the Mail On Sunday.

Early life

Cole was born on 27 April 1986. He attended Tonbridge School, before reading Politics at the University of Edinburgh. He was Vice-Chairman/Treasurer of the Edinburgh University Conservative Association and Vice-President of Scottish Conservative Future. Cole wrote the ToryBear blog, focusing on Conservative student politics.

Career

Cole has written for publications including the Sunday Times and GQ. He was voted the 28th most influential man in Britain by GQ in November 2011. Cole has primarily focused on politicians’ expenses scandals and government waste.
Cole was the co-editor of the pseudonymous website Guido Fawkes with Paul Staines until 2015, having also been the news editor.
In 2015, following the suspension of BBC Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, Cole delivered a petition with a million signatures, which the website he wrote for had started on Change.org, to BBC Broadcasting House by means of an Abbot self propelled artillery vehicle, calling it a 'Tank', procured from the company 'Tanks-Alot'.
Cole has served as a contributing editor of The Spectator, columnist for Spectator Life, and Westminster correspondent for The Sun. In May 2020 it was announced that he would return to The Sun, to become political editor in June, succeeding Tom Newton Dunn who was moving to radio.

Personal life

Cole was once in a relationship with Carrie Symonds, the fiancée of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.