Michael Ashcroft

LORD ASHCROFT KCMG PC is an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. He is a former treasurer and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. He is also honorary chairman and a former treasurer of the International Democrat Union. He is founder and chairman of the board of trustees of Crimestoppers, vice-patron of the Intelligence Corps Museum, chairman of the trustees of Ashcroft Technology Academy, a senior fellow of the International Strategic Studies Association, a former chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University and a former trustee of Imperial War Museums.

His books include Call Me Dave: The Unauthorised Biography of David Cameron; White Flag? An Examination of the UK’s Defence Capability; Jacob’s Ladder: The Unauthorised Biography of Jacob Rees-Mogg; Unfair Game: An Exposé of South Africa’s Captive-Bred Lion Industry; Going for Broke: The Rise of Rishi Sunak; Red Knight: The Unauthorised Biography of Sir Keir Starmer; Falklands War Heroes: Extraordinary True Stories of Bravery in the South Atlantic; Life Support: The State of the NHS in an Age of Pandemics and First Lady: Intrigue at the Court of Carrie and Boris Johnson.