George Pascoe-Watson was born on 21 August 1966 and is a British journalist and public relations consultant.
13 Facts About George Pascoe-Watson
1.
2.
George Pascoe-Watson was formerly the political editor of The Sun newspaper, succeeding Trevor Kavanagh in January 2006.
3.
George Pascoe-Watson left The Sun in 2009 to pursue a career in consultancy, spending 14 years working for the Portland Communications agency founded by Tony Blair's former advisor Tim Allan in 2001.
4.
George Pascoe-Watson is currently a founding partner at Schillings Communications.
5.
George Pascoe-Watson was educated at George Heriot's School and the Royal High School.
6.
George Pascoe-Watson completed a two-year journalism diploma at Napier College in Edinburgh.
7.
George Pascoe-Watson was transferred off The Sun for a spell after he exposed a continued lack of security at Heathrow Airport shortly after the Lockerbie bombing.
8.
In 2009, George Pascoe-Watson joined Portland Communications, the public affairs consultancy founded by Tony Blair's former advisor Tim Allan.
9.
George Pascoe-Watson spent 14 years at Portland, and was chair of the firm by the time he left in 2023.
10.
In 2020, during the COVID pandemic George Pascoe-Watson was appointed to an unpaid advisory role by the Department of Health and Social Care ; he participated in daily strategic discussions chaired by Lord Bethell.
11.
George Pascoe-Watson sent information about government policy to his paying clients before this was made public.
12.
George Pascoe-Watson co-founded Schillings Communications in January 2024, with Victoria O'Byrne.
13.
George Pascoe-Watson has been a regular panellist on multiple broadcast shows in the UK, including BBC Question Time, Sky News, BBC News, The Week in Westminster and BBC Radio 5 Live, among others.