No kicks, coughs or slip-ups as party conferences go online
No boozy late-night bashes this year as the gatherings go virtual, but at what cost?
March 2016
Labour MPs hostile to Corbyn named in leaked party document
London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan and chief whip Rosie Winterton labelled hostile on list that has angered Labour MPs
February 2016
Labour hires Gordon Brown's disgraced former spin doctor as an adviser
Damian McBride, who was forced to resign in 2009 over leaked emails detailing plans to smear rivals, will advise shadow defence secretary
January 2015
Mail on Sunday defends ‘bombshell’ memoirs about Ed Miliband
Ex-mayor of Doncaster Martin Winter claims ‘bumbling oddball’ Miliband knew about 2008 economic crash before it happened
November 2014
Greenslade
BBC and (some) newspapers are more trusted than politicians
Poll puts corporation and ‘upmarket’ press top of trust table
Gordon Brown to quit? A career of near-greatness and fatal flaws
Sometimes overshadowed by Blair, but he made his mark on Scottish independence and may yet do more useful work
Greenslade
Arts, media power, digital disruption, investigative journalism - events galore
Upcoming debates, talks and lectures for journalists
August 2014
Guardian diary
Diary: The secret plan that could have averted the hacking crisis
Hugh Muir
Hugh Muir: How Damian McBride might have saved the Murdoch mob from disgrace
July 2014
Damian McBride attacks Ed Miliband's policies as a 'steaming pile of fudge'
Guardian diary
More sensation for the summer … Who got cosy with Rebekah Brooks?
Hugh Muir
June 2014
Guardian diary
Diary: Back with a few things to say … Damian McBride, the sultan of spin
How can Ed Miliband and Labour change the narrative?
'Underdog' Ed Miliband fends off internal Labour party criticism
Ed Miliband needs fighters in inner circle, says Damian McBride
December 2013
Revealed: Labour party power grab puts old guard back at heart of election strategy
2013 in review
The best politics books of 2013
October 2013
Shortcuts
Political trick or good PR? A short guide to the art of pre-briefing
Nick Clegg's attack on the Tories' free schools policy is a classic case of the pre-brief – a trail of a speech that has actually yet to take place
Charity declines Damian McBride's offer of royalties from his book
Catholic aid agency Cafod will not accept money from sales of former Labour spin doctor's book about his time in government
Praise for Damian McBride
Letters: Cafod, an agency associated with compassion, charity and forgiveness should act on those values, not react to outsiders desperate to see this man get an even bigger kicking
September 2013
Shortcuts
Damian McBride and the real meaning of Foo Fighters' Best of You
Perhaps it's fitting that, far from being the motivational anthem of grunge, the song is really about a bitter breakup
