Lee Cain

Lee Cain is a British former journalist who currently serves as Downing Street Director of Communications under Boris Johnson. Cain was appointed by Johnson on 24 July 2019, succeeding Robbie Gibb.

Prior to his appointment, Cain worked as Head of Broadcast for the Vote Leave campaign, in addition to serving at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under Andrea Leadsom and Michael Gove. He briefly worked for Theresa May before leaving to work with Johnson while he was serving as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

Cain's former employer, The Daily Mirror, has stated that Cain was deployed to taunt former Prime Minister David Cameron and other Conservative MPs dressed as a chicken.