James Schneider

James Schneider is the co-founder of the left wing grassroots movement Momentum and was appointed as an advisor to leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, taking the role of Director of Strategic Communications a role he has held since October 2016. Schneider was educated at Winchester College and later attended Trinity College, Oxford at the University of Oxford to study Theology. He joined Think Africa Press in 2010, a role he held until he became the senior correspondent at New African in 2014. Schneider joined the Labour Party in May 2015 after the defeat of Ed Miliband and Labour in the 2015 General Election. He helped to co-found the left-wing grassroots movement Momentum in October 2015 as a support group for Jeremy Corbyn who had been elected Labour leader the previous month. The group also played a significant role in the 2016 campaign to reelect Corbyn after a leadership challenge. Schneider was appointed as Director of strategic communications for the office of Jeremy Corbyn in October 2016. Schneider has been featured prominently on political programme The Daily Politics and on news programmes discussing Momentum and Labours leadership under Jeremy Corbyn.