Mr Smith was saddened to read that it looks as though it's goodbye from Brian Lironi, former Sunday Mail Political Reporter, as Scottish Labour's spin doctor, a post he has held for just two short months.
"Brian Lironi, 35, is expected to announce his departure next week after talks with party bosses. He has told pals he feels "forced out" after new leader Wendy Alexander appointed a personal spin doctor and strategist. Lironi, a former political editor of the Sunday Mail, has been off work sick since Labour MSP George Foulkes called him "an idiot" in an attack last weekend. "
Mr Smith will wait and see if the prediction comes about, it may be attempted spin by someone, but the scenario is a clear warning to any journalists who think that the green fields of Spin City are preferable to the cramped conditions of the newsroom; perhaps they are, but you also have to work for the politicians, rather than just winding them up occasionally.
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