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Charlie Whelan
Political director, Unite union
Biography
Former spokesman for Gordon Brown.
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Charles Whelan
Charlie Whelan's connections
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Charlie Whelan worked closely with Gordon Brown as his press secretary from 1994 to 1999 Gordon Brown - source: The Guardian
Charlie Whelan worked closely in the 90s with Geoffrey Robinson - source: The Telegraph
Charlie Whelan worked closely in the 90s with Ed Balls - source: The Telegraph
Charlie Whelan resigned his role as press secretary to Gordon Brown over Geoffrey Robinson's £373,00 home loan to Lord Peter Mandelson - source: BBC News
Charlie Whelan is direct opponent of Lord Ashcroft - source: timesonline.co.uk
Charlie Whelan reportedly unleashed "forces of hell" on Alistair Darling - source: channel4.com/news
Charlie Whelan was copied in on emails from Damian McBride - source: channel4.com/news
Charlie Whelan was copied in on emails sent to Derek Draper - source: channel4.com/news
Nick Clegg made a comparison between Lord Ashcroft and Charlie Whelan - source: channel4.com/news
Charlie Whelan has been likened to Lord Ashcroft - source: channel4.com/news
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- Charlie Whelan is political director of Unite the union. - source: The Guardian
- 1997 - 99
- Charlie Whelan was Gordon Brown's press secretary at the Treasury from 1997 to 1999. - source: The Guardian
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- Douglas Alexander, Labour’s general election co-ordinator, was said to be working "closely" with Unite’s political director Charlie Whelan. Whelan is Gordon Brown's former spin doctor. - source: timesonline.co.uk
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