Damian Collins

Damian Collins OBE is the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe. He is a former Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy and was previously Chair of the House of Commons select committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Chair of the Joint Lords and Commons Parliamentary Committee on the Online Safety Bill. His first book was Charmed Life: The Phenomenal World of Philip Sassoon , published by William Collins in 2016. He wrote the chapter on Lloyd George for Iain Dale's book,...See more

Damian Collins OBE is the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe. He is a former Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy and was previously Chair of the House of Commons select committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Chair of the Joint Lords and Commons Parliamentary Committee on the Online Safety Bill. His first book was Charmed Life: The Phenomenal World of Philip Sassoon , published by William Collins in 2016. He wrote the chapter on Lloyd George for Iain Dale's book, The Prime Ministers , published by Hodder in 2020. In the same series he has written about Theodore Roosevelt in The Presidents (Hodder 2021), and Edward VIII in Kings and Queens (Hodder 2023). In addition, he has written for a number of publications, including The Times , Daily Telegraph , New York Times , Irish Times , Guardian , Daily Mail and Wired . See less