Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Glenn Cullen was Hugh's chief adviser and friend. He appeared on ITN after swearing at a member of the public who confronts Abbot. He managed the transition to remain as Senior Advisor when Nicola Murray becomes Secretary of State. He fell out with Nicola after she inadvertently thwarted his plan to stand as an MP because his association with her was considered 'too divisive'. In series 4, he is unhappily working in the Coalition government, after having left Nicola and defected to Fergus Williams and Adam Kenyon's "Inbetweener" party after the election as they were looking for someone to explain the Fourth Sector and their brand of ethical politics was something he could believe in. He was dismayed when he realised his new party were quite prepared to ditch their ethical politics in order to enter a coalition with Peter Mannion's party . Later in series 4, he helps Malcolm's plan to bring down Nicola as Leader of the Opposition by leaking an old email from Nicola when she was Secretary of State at DoSAC, that showed her support of a controversial policy that resulted in the suicide of Douglas Tickel. Despite this, he was not allowed to return to his former party, and was regarded by Malcolm as a traitor for defecting in the first place. At the Goolding Inquiry in episode 4.6 he denounced Ollie Reeder as spineless and without convictions, publicly apologising for being the man who brought him into the world of politics. Glenn resigned as Advisor for the Fourth Sector Initiative in episode 4.7, giving a speech to the staff of DoSAC on how much he disliked them. He intended to hand himself to the police for perjuring himself in the inquiry, but decided against it.. }
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- List_of_The_Thick_of_It_characters shortsummary "Glenn Cullen was Hugh's chief adviser and friend. He appeared on ITN after swearing at a member of the public who confronts Abbot. He managed the transition to remain as Senior Advisor when Nicola Murray becomes Secretary of State. He fell out with Nicola after she inadvertently thwarted his plan to stand as an MP because his association with her was considered 'too divisive'. In series 4, he is unhappily working in the Coalition government, after having left Nicola and defected to Fergus Williams and Adam Kenyon's "Inbetweener" party after the election as they were looking for someone to explain the Fourth Sector and their brand of ethical politics was something he could believe in. He was dismayed when he realised his new party were quite prepared to ditch their ethical politics in order to enter a coalition with Peter Mannion's party . Later in series 4, he helps Malcolm's plan to bring down Nicola as Leader of the Opposition by leaking an old email from Nicola when she was Secretary of State at DoSAC, that showed her support of a controversial policy that resulted in the suicide of Douglas Tickel. Despite this, he was not allowed to return to his former party, and was regarded by Malcolm as a traitor for defecting in the first place. At the Goolding Inquiry in episode 4.6 he denounced Ollie Reeder as spineless and without convictions, publicly apologising for being the man who brought him into the world of politics. Glenn resigned as Advisor for the Fourth Sector Initiative in episode 4.7, giving a speech to the staff of DoSAC on how much he disliked them. He intended to hand himself to the police for perjuring himself in the inquiry, but decided against it.".