Damian McBride
Former civil servant and special adviser / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Damian McBride (born 1974) is a British political advisor. He is a former Whitehall civil servant and former special adviser to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.[1] McBride began his civil service career at HM Customs and Excise. He worked with Customs and Excise and later became Head of Communications at the UK Treasury, before becoming a special adviser.
Damian McBride | |
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Downing Street Press Secretary | |
In office 2007ā2009 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Tom Kelly |
Succeeded by | Gabby Bertin |
Personal details | |
Born | 1974 (age 49ā50) London, England |
Political party | Labour |
Education | Finchley Catholic High School |
Alma mater | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
Occupation | Civil servant, school business liaison officer |
On 11 April 2009, he resigned his position after it emerged on a political blog that he and another Labour Party advisor, Derek Draper, had exchanged emails discussing the possibility of disseminating rumours McBride had fabricated about the private lives of some Conservative Party politicians and their spouses. The emails from McBride had been sent from his 10 Downing Street email account.[2]