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:It was in my third year as a postgraduate student at Oxford that I met my now great friend (and probable distant cousin) the writer [[Ben Judah]] […] Halfway through the night, in walked Ben’s friend, [[James Schneider]] […] another product of exile (via a [[Jewish]] father whose origins lay in [[Eastern Europe]]), formed by his passage through [[England]]’s institutions, and like us ‘Pukka but not really; English but not quite.’"<ref>https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/john-le-carr-s-london-of-exiles-is-alive-and-well/</ref>
 
:It was in my third year as a postgraduate student at Oxford that I met my now great friend (and probable distant cousin) the writer [[Ben Judah]] […] Halfway through the night, in walked Ben’s friend, [[James Schneider]] […] another product of exile (via a [[Jewish]] father whose origins lay in [[Eastern Europe]]), formed by his passage through [[England]]’s institutions, and like us ‘Pukka but not really; English but not quite.’"<ref>https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/john-le-carr-s-london-of-exiles-is-alive-and-well/</ref>
  
The independent writer [[Phil Bevin]] picked up this connection, and commented: "If it could be considered unfortunate for an avowed radical leftist like James Schneider to have one friend named in connection to influential intelligence officer [[Chris Donnelly]], to have three might be regarded as embarrassing. Perhaps more embarrassing still is for one of these individuals—in this case, [[Ben Judah]], now a senior fellow at the [[CIA]]-linked [[Atlantic Council]].."<ref>https://www.ukcolumn.org/article/the-uk-is-now-the-vanguard-of-crony-capitalism</ref> (the third one is [[David Patrikarakos]]]).
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The independent writer [[Phil Bevin]] picked up this connection, and commented: "If it could be considered unfortunate for an avowed radical leftist like James Schneider to have one friend named in connection to influential intelligence officer [[Chris Donnelly]], to have three might be regarded as embarrassing. Perhaps more embarrassing still is for one of these individuals—in this case, [[Ben Judah]], now a senior fellow at the [[CIA]]-linked [[Atlantic Council]].."<ref>https://www.ukcolumn.org/article/the-uk-is-now-the-vanguard-of-crony-capitalism</ref>.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:26, 16 September 2023

Person.png James Schneider   TwitterRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(activist, deep state functionary?)
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Bornborn 17 June 1987
NationalityUK
Ethnicityjewish
Alma materDragon School, Winchester College, Trinity College (Oxford)
ParentsBrian Schneider
Interest of"Philip Cross"
Political organiser who took over leadership of pro-Corbyn campaign in 2015. Friends with intelligence connections.

Employment.png Head of Strategic Communications

In office
October 2016 - December 2019
EmployerJeremy Corbyn

James Gerald Hylton Schneider [1] is an English political organiser and writer who as of 2023 is Communications Director for Progressive International.

He co-founded the left-wing grassroots movement Momentum, in support of Jeremy Corbyn after his successful campaign to become Labour Party leader. In October 2016, he was appointed PR advisor to Corbyn as Director of Strategic Communications.[2]

Early life

Schneider was born to Jewish parents in central London.[3] His father Brian was a financier and CEO of Soho-based property company OEM plc and was accused of the theft of £5 million from the company.[4] He died in 2004 at the age of 48, when James was a teenager. James' mother Tessa Lang is a property developer.

Schneider and his brother Tim were brought up in Primrose Hill in North London, with a second family home in Glen Tanar, Scotland, a few miles from Balmoral.[5]

Schneider attended the Dragon School in Oxford for preparatory school. Then from 2000 to 2005, he boarded at Winchester College[1] in Hampshire as a member of Chawker's (Hawkins').[1] He went on to study Theology at Trinity College, Oxford. During his time at Oxford, Schneider was president of the Oxford University Liberal Democrats.[6]

During his time at Oxford, Schneider was president of the Oxford University Liberal Democrats.[6]

After university he lived in Shepherd’s Bush, sharing a flat with his Oxford friend Ben Judah.[6]

Career

Schneider joined the Labour Party in May 2015 after the defeat of Ed Miliband and Labour in the 2015 general election. He was a key figure within the left-wing grassroots movement Momentum, which was formed in October 2015 as a support group for Jeremy Corbyn, who had been elected Labour leader the previous month. The group also played a significant role in the 2016 campaign to reelect Corbyn after a leadership challenge.[7] Following their success in this campaign, Schneider was appointed as Director of Strategic Communications for the office of the Leader of the Opposition in October 2016.[8][9]

In 2019, he was described as "Schneider – with his thatch of hair and handlebar cheekbones – is 'divertingly good-looking' according to one colleague. But that does not detract from his achievements – he’s extraordinarily powerful within ­Labour given his tender age of 31 – or capacity for dogged work."[5]

Deep state?

In an 2020 article for the Spectator, Schneider’s friend and fellow Oxford alumnus, David Patrikarakos, hinted gently at a deeper role played by Schneider. Starting by describing John le Carré’s protagonists — "many of whom", he asserts, "were spies" — as "[p]ukka but not really; English but not quite". He went on to liken Schneider, Ben Judah and himself to them in the following passage:

It was in my third year as a postgraduate student at Oxford that I met my now great friend (and probable distant cousin) the writer Ben Judah […] Halfway through the night, in walked Ben’s friend, James Schneider […] another product of exile (via a Jewish father whose origins lay in Eastern Europe), formed by his passage through England’s institutions, and like us ‘Pukka but not really; English but not quite.’"[10]

The independent writer Phil Bevin picked up this connection, and commented: "If it could be considered unfortunate for an avowed radical leftist like James Schneider to have one friend named in connection to influential intelligence officer Chris Donnelly, to have three might be regarded as embarrassing. Perhaps more embarrassing still is for one of these individuals—in this case, Ben Judah, now a senior fellow at the CIA-linked Atlantic Council.."[11].


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