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HARDtalk: Damian McBride - Special Adviser to the British Prime Minister (2005 - 2009)

02/10/2013

Damian McBride - Special Adviser to the British Prime Minister (2005 - 2009)

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Stephen Sackur talks to Damian McBride about his controversial new political memoir.

Stephen Sackur talks to Damian McBride, spin doctor for former British prime minister Gordon Brown, about his recently published political memoir.

Opinion polls in Britain suggest public faith in politics and politicians has plummeted in the last decade. Why? A lot of powerful reasons lie within the pages of a dark political memoir written by Damian McBride. He was the spin doctor for former British prime minister, Gordon Brown, and routinely used smears, leaks and a host of dirty tricks to serve his master's interests and undermine his enemies. In the past Damian McBride never let the truth stand in his way. What about now?

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