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Mr David Rennie

Political editor and Bagehot columnist

Location:
London, UK
Languages:
  • Chinese
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish
Contact:

00 44 207 830 7000 (office)

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Specialist Subjects:
  • Belgium
  • British Politics
  • China
  • European politics
  • European Union

Biography

David Rennie joined The Economist in 2007 as European Union correspondent and Charlemagne columnist, based in Brussels. In July 2010 he moved to London to become British political editor and write the Bagehot column on British politics. Previously he was on the foreign staff of the Daily Telegraph, with postings in Sydney (1998), Beijing (1998 to 2002), Washington DC (2002-05) and Brussels (2005-07). From 2006 until he joined The Economist, he was also a contributing editor of the Spectator magazine. He worked for the Daily Telegraph in London (1996-98), and the Evening Standard (1992-96). He has given classes and public lectures on EU affairs at the universities of Harvard and Boston in America, Bristol University in Britain and at the business schools ESCP (Paris) and IE (Madrid). He is a frequent guest on radio and television news programmes.

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