Gavin Esler is journalist, television presenter and author. He was a main presenter of the BBC current affairs show Newsnight for 12 years until 2014. Since 2014 he has been the Chancellor of the University of Kent, a public speaker, and a political commentator and journalist. In 2019, he stood for Change UK in the London region for election to the European Parliament. In addition to Brexit Without the Bullshit (Canbury Press), he is the author of three thrillers (Power Play; A Scandalous Man; and Deep Blue) and two non-fiction books (Lessons from the Top; and The United States of Anger).