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    So, farewell then, Damian… Or is it au revoir…?
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    Our esteemed lobby chairman, Ben Brogan of the Daily Mail, wrote a eulogy on his blog, declaring: "When the Day of Reckoning comes and those of us who know are free to say what we know, Damian McBride will emerge with great credit from the madness of the past few years." (Sorry, Ben, but some of the newspaper headlines I've read this week suggested that the day of reckoning has arrived already. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
    When the Day of Reckoning comes and those of us who know are free to say what we know, Damian McBride will emerge with great credit from the madness of the past few years.
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 17 months ago
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So, farewell then, Damian… Or is it au revoir…?
  1. Memories of the Blair administration: Tony's Ten Years
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 17 months ago
  2. Many of McBride's differences from Whelan were superficial: he supported Arsenal rather than Spurs and had modernised from phones and pagers to texts and email as his chosen medium to abuse those sufficiently useful to the cause.
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 17 months ago
  3. It was Ms Kelly herself who did most of the significant briefing; and McBride was sober.
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 17 months ago
  4. As last hurrahs go, Beijing and Manchester weren't bad!
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 17 months ago

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