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March 14, 2004Oliver Letwin's Working Day
THE shadow chancellor wakes every day at 6am, except Friday, at his house in Kennington, southeast London. Oliver Letwin catches a bus to the Houses of Parliament and is in his office by 7am, dealing with his e-mails. Later he breakfasts on bacon and eggs in the Lords canteen. On Fridays he is up even earlier, at 4.30am, so he can drive to his Dorset constituency before the rush hour.His days at the Commons are spent mainly in meetings with the press and with colleagues. “This job is not so much a department as concerned with everything. I spend a lot of time trying to absorb all the detail that goes with it. Sounds dull doesn’t it?” Letwin will also spend at least two hours a day dealing with constituency business. It’s a marginal seat, so he has to be hands-on. He will often work until 10pm. “Some days I get home at 8.30 for supper, which is lovely.”