The interview first appeared in the Guardian on 11 May 2013. In an extraordinary series of photographs of Gordon Brown’s last moments at No 10 by the Guardian’s Martin Argles, Andrew Adonis appears twice: as a small, pale visage peering over Peter Mandelson’s shoulder at the Browns and their children taking their leave, and earlier, while [...]
Industrial policy Q: In your lecture on Roy Jenkins you said politicians should only do jobs they are passionate about. ["It is remarkable how often cabinet ministers occupy posts in which they evince little interest, let alone passion, simply because it's what they were offered."] Is industrial policy something you are passionate about? A: Yes. Where the jobs [...]
The Institute for Government and I are quoted in this Economist article Britain’s few elected mayors have mostly worked well. That doesn’t mean other cities will vote for them. GISELA STUART, a Labour MP, trots round her Birmingham constituency, listening to gripes about traffic, litter and the sundry inconveniences of life in a busy city. [...]
Lord Adonis: I’m a political animal Andrew Adonis talks Westminster past, present and future to Christine Murray The Institute for Government is housed in an original Nash Grade I listed building overlooking St James’ Park. It isn’t hard to imagine that these calm and elegant surroundings would be a welcome break for any politician who [...]
Originally published in The Independent Andrew Adonis offers to make a cup of tea or coffee in his swanky offices just off Piccadilly Circus. It is, perhaps, a sign of the changed times since he had ministerial flunkies to perform that task for him. Not a bit of it, he argues. “I used to do [...]
My interview with Rail Open publication – Free publishing – More andrew adonis Photo: Jon Curnow
“Andrew Adonis has a unique record of combining radical ideas on public services with a very pragmatic focus on achieving results. Suzannah Brecknell meets the Institute for Government chief to discuss a year of the coalition… Andrew Adonis likes clarity. He speaks deliberately, ensuring his phrases are clear and well-constructed, as befits a former journalist [...]