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Some politicians, i think, actually probably are better served by people who have a very different background. i mean, some of the best spin doctors were notjournalists. i remember sitting at the back of the red lion watching, watching damian mcbride firing off emails left, right and centre on gordon brown spin dr. absolutely, you know, pushing all the buttons of the sun lobby. he was absolutely- a complete master of that. whereas i think borisjohnson, as helen says as somebody- with a journalis...

That they understand the personalities at play because theyve worked alongside those journalists, as well. some politicians, i think, actually probably are better served by people who have a very different background. i mean, some of the best spin doctors were notjournalists. i remember sitting at the back of the red lion, watching damian mcbride firing off emails left, right and centre... gordon browns spin doctor. gordon browns spin doctor, absolutely, you know, pushing all the buttons of the ...

I mean, obviously if a politician is taking someone from the lobby, they would expect that individual to be very good at putting themselves in the shoes of a journalist, and anticipating the way in which a story may develop, where it might head. that they understand the personalities at play because theyve worked alongside those journalists, as well. some politicians, i think, actually probably are better served by people who have a very different background. i mean, some of the best spin doctor...

Who have a very different background. i mean, some of the best spin doctors were notjournalists. i remember sitting at the back of the red lion watching, watching damian mcbride firing off emails left, right and centre... gordon browns spin doctor. absolutely, you know, pushing all the buttons of the sun lobby. he was absolutely a complete master of that. whereas i think borisjohnson, as helen says as somebody with a journalistic background, he probably would have been better served by someone l...

Right and centre... gordon browns spin doctor. gordon browns spin doctor, absolutely, you know, pushing all the buttons of the sunday lobby. he was absolutely a complete master of that. whereas i think borisjohnson, as helen says — as somebody with a journalistic background — he probably would have been better served by someone like dominic cummings, with his disdain for the lobby, probably trying to rein in the prime ministers instincts always to respond to the front—page headline... so y...