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'Smeargate' victim paid £1,000 by Brown aide

29.10.09
'Smeargate' returned to haunt Gordon Brown after a Tory MP was paid £1,000 in damages by a former Downing Street aide... more

Tory MP to sue Government over 'smeargate' emails

07.09.09
Tory MP Nadine Dorries is pressing ahead with legal action over the 'smeargate' emails, it has been revealed... more

Political spin is having to change in internet age

22.07.09
The disgraced former Downing Street spin doctor, Damian McBride, broke his silence on Monday by giving interviews in print and on radio in an obvious attempt to rescue his reputation ... more

McBride admits Brown and Blairite spin battle

20.07.09
Former No10 aide Damian McBride admitted he defended Gordon Brown by briefing against his critics... more

Gamekeeper and poacher - the Lewis brothers make a powerful duo

26.06.09
When the British Lions take to the rugby field against South Africa, sitting in the crowd will be arguably the two most powerful brothers working in London - Simon and Will Lewis... more

The new people power - the rise of the Twittering generation

22.06.09
From brutal pictures of the Iranian election to viral marketing campaigns for the latest pop band, Olivia Cole looks at the growing influence of the Twittering generation... more

Kennedy's two resignations in three years

08.06.09
Jane Kennedy quit Gordon Brown's government today... three years after resigning from Tony Blair's... more

Politics of academia is so vicious because the stakes are so low

26.05.09
The scandal surrounding the Oxford Professorship of Poetry is reminiscent of Labour spin doctor Damian McBride at his worst... more

Labour email spin chief can stay in party

20.05.09
Disgraced former Downing Street aide Damian McBride will not be kicked out of the Labour Party, the Standard can reveal... more

London's hottest doctor on sexual health, size zero and David Cameron

05.05.09
Television doctor Christian Jessen was furious about being mentioned in the smears spread by Damian McBride, but at least his new-found fame can be put to good use, he says... more

Leave YouTube to the kids and sharpen up

29.04.09
Germans say you have to leave a city to appreciate what it really looks like: so I have had a couple of weeks away from scrutinising British politics and the re-entry is bracing... more

Cameron set for election landslide bigger than Blair's

28.04.09
David Cameron is heading for a landslide election win bigger than Tony Blair's 1997 victory, a new poll suggests... more

Emails reveal your social standing and intelligence

21.04.09
A person's intelligence and social status are judged within seconds by the way they write an email, experts said... more

Brown may be forced out before next election, says Labour peer

20.04.09
The Cabinet may force out Gordon Brown ahead of the next election, a Labour peer claimed, as the sleaze row engulfing the party refused to die down... more

Tories aiming for two terms as peer attacks Brown

20.04.09
David Cameron has set his sights on two terms in power as his party soars in the polls... more

Brown finally says sorry about email smear campaign

16.04.09
Gordon Brown has made a surprise apology for the Damian McBride email scandal... more

David Hare: Blair is to blame for this mess

16.04.09
Leading political playwright David Hare says Gordon Brown's past is catching up with him as New Labour's love affair with the City unravels... more

Health warning: rumours in cyberspace may seriously damage your credibility

15.04.09
Media analysis: One of the major problems in running stories about smear campaigns is obvious...... more

Vengeful, brooding and secretive – will Brown become our own Nixon?

15.04.09
The PM’s modus operandi, as revealed by the Damian McBride affair, has troubling parallels with that of Richard Nixon, says one historian ... more

Cabinet chief puts ministers in clear over ‘smeargate’

15.04.09
The Conservatives formally protested as Gordon Brown escaped an inquiry into the No 10 dirty tricks scandal... more

Derek Draper urged to get off the political stage

15.04.09
Labour adviser Derek Draper was urged to resign from running a website with links to the party and quit the national political stage... more

Brown is besieged by Labour big guns

14.04.09
The Downing Street dirty tricks row has deepened into a full-scale attack on Gordon Brown's leadership ... more

This is no way to show us you can win an election, Gordon

14.04.09
In the wake of the McBride affair, the PM must use next week’s Budget to show the public that he is still in touch with them, says one former Cabinet minister ... more

Mandelson is back to rescue Brown

03.10.08
Twice-resigned Peter Mandelson has staged an astonishing comeback to the Cabinet... more

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