After Labour’s disastrous election result, Ed Miliband’s spin doctor Tom Baldwin made a swift exit from Labour HQ. For many in the party this was a welcome move; the king of spin was blamed for a number of election gaffes, including allegedly telling the BBC’s Nick Robinson that Miliband saw the HSBC scandal as ‘another Milly Dowler moment’.
Despite this, it appears that old habits die hard. Steerpike understands that Baldwin has been spied in the the press office at Labour party conference. Is the spinner making a return to party politics? Given that Baldwin not only has feuds with journalists on a number of nationals, but also wrote a post-election editorial accusing the BBC of showing bias against the left, he may not be the knight in shining armour that Jeremy Corbyn needs.
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