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Colin Bloom is a British government adviser, businessman and political and not-for-profit strategist. In 2023, he was given the honour Commander of the British Empire, for his service to the British Government.
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Under Prime Minister David Cameron Bloom was appointed as the UK Conservative Party's International Director, a post which he held until 2017. [2] In 2019, Bloom was appointed to be the British Government's Faith Adviser [3] and tasked with leading a review into Government engagement with faith, people of faith and places of worship. It was the first of its kind, and the Bloom Review [4] was published in April 2023.
During the 2022 Conservative Party Leadership Elections he was one of the key advisers on the Liz Truss campaign, and he went on to serve as one of her senior political advisers in No10 Downing Street when she was Prime Minister.
A lecturer and speaker on international affairs [5], he has served on the Executive Boards of the International Democrat Union (IDU) and the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE). Amongst other responsibilities, Bloom is an Associate at the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) in London.
Bloom was born on September 6, 1970 [6] in Central London UK. His father was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and his grandfather George (Crom) Bloom was born in Yingkou, China. He was educated in Kent, United Kingdom, and despite his father’s Jewish heritage and his mother’s Christian heritage his early life was agnostic. In his late teens Bloom became a Christian.
He ran for British Parliament twice as a Conservative candidate in Labour strongholds, in 2005 in Halton [7] and in 2010 in Erith & Thamesmead. [8] Between 2002 and 2010 Bloom was a Local Authority Councillor [9] and Cabinet Member in South-East London.
In 2010 he succeeded Baroness Berridge in becoming the Executive Director of the Conservative Christian Fellowship. [10] In 2015 under the then Party Chairman Lord Feldman, Bloom was appointed as the Conservative Party’s Director of Outreach and International Director. [11] In that role he served on the Executive Boards of the International Democrat Union (IDU) and the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE).
During the 2022 Conservative Party Leadership Elections he was one of the key advisers on the successful Liz Truss campaign. Working closely with Mark Fullbrook, Downing Street’s Chief of Staff, Wendy Morton, the Chief Whip and Jake Berry the Conservative Party Chairman, Bloom went on to serve as one of Liz Truss’s senior political advisers in No10 Downing Street.
In Bloom's work on the relationship between faith and the state, he considers the freedom of conscience as essential to the health of democratic society. [4] Bloom is politically conservative, his view of democracy and free society includes the belief that everyone has the right to speak, defend and promote what they want, in a non- coercive and non-violent way, allowing others to freely practice their beliefs. Bloom's view of government regards governing institutions as responsible for protecting the liberty of the individual, and intervening where ideological, cultural or religious trends undermine it [4].
Bloom has advocated for the preservation of established traditions and institutions. In a 2015 Cambridge Union debate, alongside Stephen Fry, Bloom opposed the motion to disestablish the Church of England. Bloom contended that attempts to disestablish the church reflect a revolutionary republicanism seeking to secularise institutions and remove Christian symbolism from British national identity. In the same debate, Bloom also argued the plurality of faiths practiced in British society is a product of Britain's identify as a Christian country, which supports the right of the individual to freely practice their faith, regardless of their religion. [12]
In an interview in October 2023 with Asian News International, he suggested the Western world should address the issue of Khalistan extremism and improve efforts to protect British Sikhs who want no involvement with extremism. [13] In his report he warned that Khalistan groups aim to inflate their influence by lobbying under the guide of human rights activism, and thus present a false appearance of legitimacy. [13]
In an interview in October 2023, Bloom raised the issue of the Western world's dependence on China for rare-earth minerals. [14]
Bloom is a non-denominational Christian. [15][ citation needed]
He is Chairman of vetting.com [16], an international background screening and security company. [17][ citation needed]
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