"GORDON Brown has appointed a Scottish spin doctor to be his new political strategist, six months after taking office. Stephen Carter – a former head of the telecoms watchdog Ofcom – who is not a member of the Labour Party, will become the Prime Minister's principal special adviser on a salary of £137,400 – the maximum for such a post.Mr Carter, 43, chief executive at the corporate communications firm Brunswick Group, will report directly to Mr Brown."
And he took a pay cut from his current reported salary of £500,000 a year. That's dedication for you, but Mr Smith suspects that working for Mr Brown could be the first blemish on Mr Carter's otherwise stellar CV.
An extra insight into his personality comes from the Taxpayers' Alliance. "WHEN Stephen Carter ran Ofcom, the telecoms and broadcasting regulator, he kept a life-size poster of Michael Caine, star of the British gangster movie Get Carter, behind his office desk ..." Mmmmmmmmmm.
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