Jonathan Powell is the only senior member of staff to remain at Tony Blair's side from beginning (1994) to end (June 2007) as his Chief of Staff.
Jonathan Powell is a journalist and broadcaster, for twenty-three years a member of the BBC's racing team and now the racing correspondent fo the Mail on Sunday. He has written numerous books on horseracing including Paul nicholls' autobiograpghy Lucky Break, Chmapion's Storywith the jockey Bob Champion, which was made into a film starring John Hurt, and books on Frankie Dettori and Desert orchid. he co-wrote David Nicholson's autobiography The Duke, and interviewed jokey John Francome on the DVD In Coversation with John Francome. In 1981 he was voted Journalist of the Year by teh Horserace Writers and Photographers Association.
