philip collins

A leading figure on modern rhetoric, Philip James Collins is a British journalist and former speechwriter for Prime Minister Tony Blair. Before becoming a writer, Collins spent several years as an equity strategist in investment banking. He was Frank Field’s political adviser and worked for the BBC and London Weekend Television and the Institute of Education at the University of London. He sat as director of the Social Market Foundation before becoming Tony Blair’s chief speechwriter. Collins is credited for writing Blair’s last speech as leader of the Labour Party. In 2007 Collins’ hard work and expertise was noticed, and he was suggested as a possible Labour candidate for the constituency of Bolton South East. In 2009, Collins co-wrote The Liberal Republic pamphlet.

Now, Collins is a leading writer and columnist for The Times and has been writing there for over a decade. He is an associate editor of Prospect magazine and a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics. In 2018, he released two books: Start Again: How We Can Fix Our Broken Politics and When They Go Low, We Go High. These are just two of his five books. Collins is the founder and writer-in-chief of The Draft, a writing and rhetoric company. The company is an extension of Collins’ passion for rhetoric and his experience speechwriting and writing for publications. As someone with so much knowledge on speeches, his insight on how to present ideas to the public is well-regarded and trusted. Collins has a wide range experience from equity strategy to speechwriting to editorial work, making him a respected name in the industry. Audiences can learn priceless rhetoric knowledge from not only reading Collins’ work, but also witnessing his in-person speaking rhetoric.