# David Craig (author)

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**David Craig** (real name **Neil Glass**)[1] is a British author. He has been a [management consultant](/source/Management_consulting) and in his 2005 book *Rip-Off!: the scandalous inside story of the management consulting money machine* he criticised the greed and sharp practice of consultants.[2] His next book *Plundering the Public Sector: how New Labour are letting consultants run off with £70 billion of our money* was co-authored by [Richard Brooks](/source/Richard_Brooks_(journalist)) and addressed consultancy in the public sector.[3] In April 2008 he published *Squandered: how Gordon Brown is wasting over one trillion pounds of our money*.[4]

He adopted a [pseudonym](/source/Pseudonym), and created the publishing house "The Original Book Company", to publish *Rip-off!* after it was turned down by conventional publishers "for fear, he says, that it might upset the wrong people". After it sold 10,000 copies his next two books were published by commercial publisher [Constable](/source/Constable_%26_Robinson), but he kept the pseudonym to benefit from the first book's success.[1]

In June 2008 Craig announced that he would stand as a candidate in the [2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election](/source/2008_Haltemprice_and_Howden_by-election),[5] but came tenth out of 26 candidates, with 0.6% of the vote; the [Conservative party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK))'s [David Davis](/source/David_Davis_(British_politician)) won with 71.6%.[6]

## Bibliography

- Craig, David (2005). [*Rip-off!: The Scandalous Inside Story of the Management Consulting Money Machine*](https://web.archive.org/web/20080529003136/http://www.consulting-moneymachine.com/ripoff.html). Original Book Co. ISBN 978-1-872188-06-5. Archived from [the original](http://www.consulting-moneymachine.com/ripoff.html) on 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2008-06-17. (available online, first chapter free of charge)
- Craig, David & Richard Brooks (2006). *Plundering the Public Sector: : how New Labour are letting consultants run off with £70 billion of our money*. Constable. ISBN 978-1-84529-374-1.
- Craig, David (2008). *Squandered: how Gordon Brown is wasting over one trillion pounds of our money*. Constable. ISBN 978-1-84529-832-6.

## References

1. ["Double identity of David Davis challenger"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110519214949/http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/people,1065,double-identity-of-david-davis-challenger,31506). *The First Post: the online daily magazine*. 2008-06-16. Archived from [the original](http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/people,1065,double-identity-of-david-davis-challenger,31506) on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2008-06-17.

1. Cohen, Nick (2005-06-19). ["Natural born billers"](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2005/jun/19/comment.publicservices). *The Guardian*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100227215609/http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2005/jun/19/comment.publicservices) 2010-02-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2008-06-17.

1. Paton, Alex (2006-07-29). ["Plundering the Public Sector: How New Labour are Letting Consultants Run Off with £70 Billion of our Money"](http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/333/7561/266?rss). *British Medical Journal*. [Archived](https://archive.today/20240525034142/https://www.webcitation.org/5vIB1AseY?url=http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/333/7561/266%3Frss) 2024-05-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2008-06-17.

1. Clark, Nick (June 2008). ["Squandered: book review"](http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?articlenumber=10439). *Socialist Review*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20091012054555/http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?articlenumber=10439) 2009-10-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2008-06-17.

1. Walker, Tim (2008-06-16). ["A challenger for David Davis"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2141350/A-challenger-for-David-Davis.html). *The Telegraph*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120205182936/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2141350/A-challenger-for-David-Davis.html) 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2008-06-17.

1. ["Haltemprice and Howden: Result in full"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7501046.stm). *BBC News*. [British Broadcasting Corporation](/source/British_Broadcasting_Corporation). 11 July 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

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