1. Daniel Rayne Kruger was born on 23 October 1974 and is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for East Wiltshire, previously Devizes, since 2019.
34 Facts About Danny Kruger
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Danny Kruger became Shadow Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in November 2024.
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Danny Kruger became David Cameron's chief speechwriter in 2006, whilst Cameron was Leader of the Opposition.
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Danny Kruger left this role two years later to work full-time at a youth crime prevention charity that he had co-founded called Only Connect.
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Danny Kruger was Prime Minister Boris Johnson's political secretary between August and December 2019.
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Daniel Danny Kruger was born on 23 October 1974 in Westminster to South African parents, writer and property developer Rayne Danny Kruger, and restaurateur and television presenter Prue Leith.
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Danny Kruger obtained a doctorate in history from the University of Oxford in 2000.
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Danny Kruger worked as a policy adviser in the Conservative Party's Policy Unit from 2003 to 2005.
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In 2005, Danny Kruger became the chief leader writer of The Daily Telegraph.
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Danny Kruger was selected as the Conservative candidate for Sedgefield at the 2005 general election, challenging Labour prime minister Tony Blair.
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Danny Kruger was forced to drop out of the contest after The Guardian quoted him stating that the party had planned "to introduce a period of creative destruction in the public services".
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Danny Kruger left his position at The Daily Telegraph to become the chief speechwriter to then Conservative Party leader David Cameron in 2006.
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Danny Kruger wrote Cameron's 2006 address to the think tank Centre for Social Justice, which was later dubbed the "hug-a-hoodie" speech, and was noted as a call to re-brand the party with compassionate conservatism at its core.
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Danny Kruger defended the policy in 2011 saying that this did not mean the party was "soft on crime".
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Danny Kruger co-founded the London-based youth crime prevention charity Only Connect in 2006 and in 2008 left his position as Cameron's chief speechwriter to work full-time for the charity.
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Danny Kruger founded the charity West London Zone, which aims to provide support to at-risk youth.
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Danny Kruger was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to charity in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours.
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Danny Kruger supported Brexit in the 2016 UK EU membership referendum.
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Danny Kruger was a senior fellow at the pro-Brexit think-tank Legatum Institute, which he left in 2018 to become an adviser at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
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Danny Kruger was selected as a parliamentary candidate for the constituency of Devizes, a safe seat for the Conservative Party, on 9 November 2019.
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Danny Kruger made his maiden speech on 29 January 2020, in which he called for a return to Christian values.
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Danny Kruger apologised and stated that he "simply forgot", but criticised the photographer for not asking him to put on a mask.
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Danny Kruger has referred to his dislike for "absurd masks" in an interview with local media.
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Danny Kruger was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in September 2021, serving under Secretary of State Michael Gove.
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On 6 July 2022, Danny Kruger resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities as part of a crisis in confidence in Johnson's leadership.
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Danny Kruger endorsed Suella Braverman during the subsequent leadership election.
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In May 2023, at the National Conservatism Conference, Danny Kruger commented in a speech that "the only basis for a safe and successful society" was marriage between men and women, that they should stick "together for the sake of the children", and that this should be recognised and rewarded.
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Danny Kruger defended the use of the phrase "cultural Marxism" by fellow MP Miriam Cates at the same conference.
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In October 2023 Danny Kruger claimed on Sky News that many asylum applicants to the UK were pretending to be gay to increase their chances of remaining.
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In November 2023 Danny Kruger participated in the inaugural conference of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship.
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Danny Kruger opposed Kim Leadbeater's bill introducing assisted suicide into law and served on the committee examining the legislation.
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Danny Kruger has said that his politics are best described as communitarianism.
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Danny Kruger was fined after his puppy caused a stampede when it chased a herd of 200 deer in London's Richmond Park in March 2021.
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Danny Kruger apologised and said he would be more careful in future.