Labour has the public on side – now it needs a story
Boris Johnson was elected as a politician who can be the life and soul of the party, but he has gone from a joker to a…
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John McTernan
John McTernan is a political strategist and was previously political secretary to Tony Blair and communications director to Julia Gillard.
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