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The press should stop whingeing about spin For every Government spin doctor there's a host of journos desperate to be spun, says BENJAMIN WEGG-PROSSER
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THERE are few more exciting privileges for a Fleet Street editor
than a cup of tea in Downing Street or a drink at Chequers. The
opportunity to chew the fat with the Prime Minister is one of the
many perks of the job. At a meeting of Labour's National Executive
Committee, the party's ruling body, Blair revealed a flavour of
recent discussions last week: "Newspaper editors come into my office
on a regular basis and tell me it pains them that the official
opposition is so useless that they rega...
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