Michael Crow is a former Scottish political journalist who worked as Director of Strategy and Communications at the
Scottish Conservative Party
The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (), known as Scottish Tories, is part of the UK Conservative Party active in Scotland. It currently holds 5 of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons, 30 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Par ...
from 2009 until 2010. Following the
2010 UK General Election in which the
Scottish Conservatives
The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (), known as Scottish Tories, is part of the UK Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party active in Scotland. It currently holds 5 of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons of the United Ki ...
won only one seat, Crow's post was terminated due to 'financial constraints'.
Prior to his appointment on 4 January 2009,
Tories name TV presenter as Scottish spin doctor
News.Scotsman.com, 6 January 2009 he was a political correspondent for nearly 15 year at Scottish television channel, STV, working on regional news programmes '' Scotland Today'' and '' North Tonight'' and presenting the weekly political programmes: Platform, Crossfire
A crossfire (also known as interlocking fire) is a military term for the siting of weapons (often automatic weapons such as assault rifles or sub-machine guns) so that their arcs of fire overlap. This tactic came to prominence in World War I.
...
and '' Politics Now''.
References
External links
Michael Crow
at stv.tv
Living people
Scottish political journalists
Scottish radio presenters
Scottish television presenters
STV News newsreaders and journalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Scottish Conservatives
Conservative Party (UK) officials
BBC radio presenters
Alumni of the University of Leeds
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