Reuben Solomon

Reuben Solomon is a political adviser based in the United Kingdom. For two months in 2022, he was a Special Adviser to former Prime Minister Liz Truss.[1]

Reuben Solomon
Special Advisor
In office
2022–2022
Personal details
BornAugust 1988
Political partyConservative Party (UK)

Career

Solomon worked for the Conservative Party during the 2019 British General Election. He previously worked closely with Conservative election strategist, Lynton Crosby.[2] Solomon has also served as the head of digital for the British Conservative Party.[3]

In 2019, a series of Facebook advertisements advocating for a No-deal Brexit were created by several supposed grassroots community groups; several of these advertisements were later found to be linked to Solomon.[4] He also worked for the Conservative Party the COVID-19 pandemic[5] and following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In January 2022, Solomon was appointed as a Special Adviser to Liz Truss, who was serving as the Foreign Secretary at the time.[6][7][8] He went on to become the leader of Truss's digital campaign during the British Conservative Party leadership election in mid-2022.[9][2]

In May 2023, Solomon launched Ridgeway Strategy, a political consultancy company.[10]

References
  1. "Liz Truss's Chief of Staff Turned Witness By The FBI Under Threat Of Prosecution Over Illegal Funding Of US Campaign". Sarawakreport.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  2. "Liz Truss v Rishi Sunak: Who's winning the social media war?". BBC News. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  3. "Liz Truss hires Boris Johnson's official videographer". The Telegraph. 2022-01-29. ISSN 0307-1235.
  4. "'Grassroots' Facebook Brexit ads secretly run by staff of Lynton Crosby firm". The Guardian. 2019-04-03.
  5. "London Influence: Hanover's Labour grab — Open government latest — Meet Ridgeway". POLITICO. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  6. "How Liz Truss snapped up the finest minds in wonkland to run her bid for No 10". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235.
  7. "How Liz Truss did it". POLITICO. 2022-09-05.
  8. "Liz Truss's blueprint for her first month as prime minister". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460.
  9. "Rival visions within emerging British Tory leadership on significant issues". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  10. "Ex-Downing Street head of digital opens comms consultancy". www.prweek.com. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
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