Cameron Called the Spads Together and Told Them: If You Brief, You're Out... ; Coalition Commentary [Ulster Region]
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ALL the Liberal Democrat and Conservative special advisers ('SPADS') were summoned to Downing Street on Wednesday for a meeting. With a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I looking down on them, the assembled SPADS were informed by the Prime Minister himself that if any of them were caught briefing against each other or anyone in the Government they'd be out.
One of those present tells me that at that point there was a fearful silence. Everyone knew that Cameron, a former SPAD himself, meant what he said. When the David Laws story broke on Friday night, this discipline held. Nobody spoke out of turn.See the full content of this document
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Cameron Called the Spads Together and Told Them: If You Brief, You're Out... ; Coalition Commentary [Ulster Region]
Jonny Oates, Nick Clegg's communication man, lightened the mood at Wednesday's meeting by recalling how his father, the former rector of the journalist's church, St Bride's on Fleet Street, had long known Andy Coulson, a former newspaper editor turned Conservative communications di...
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