Power Trip: A Decade of Policy, Plots and Spin

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Power Trip: A Decade of Policy, Plots and Spin
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Author Damien McBride
LanguageEnglish
Published2013 (Biteback Publishing)
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages320 pp (first edition)
ISBN 978-1849545969

Power Trip: A Decade of Policy, Plots and Spin is a memoir by Damian McBride, former special advisor to Gordon Brown, between 1999 and 2009. [1]

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References

  1. Cusick, James (19 September 2013). "The McPoison papers: Confessions of rogue Labour spin doctor Damian McBride laid bare in memoir". The Independent. Retrieved 23 September 2013.