Peter Hoskin

Spinning from beyond Downing Street

Guess which disgraced former spin-chief is back?  Yep.  Damian McBride is interviewed in this morning’s Guardian and, conveniently enough, gives his take on the Andy Coulson situation.  As you’d expect, his attempts to paint himself as an angel to Coulson’s devil are a hoot:

“‘The reason that matters is that if you can’t tell the truth to David Cameron, you can’t be expected to tell the truth to the press, and what I know from doing that job is the press must trust you 100% to tell them the truth.’

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