Gloria De Piero

{{Short description|British Labour politician}}

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{{Use British English|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Gloria De Piero

| image = Official portrait of Gloria De Piero crop 2.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2017

| office = Member of Parliament
for Ashfield

| term_start = 6 May 2010

| term_end = 6 November 2019

| predecessor = Geoff Hoon

| successor = Lee Anderson

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| embed = yes

| office = Shadow cabinet

| subterm = 2015–2016

| suboffice = Women and Equalities

| subterm1 = 2013–2015

| suboffice1 = Young People and Voter Registration

| office2 = Shadow Frontbench

| subterm2 = 2017–2019

| suboffice2 = Justice

| subterm3 = 2011–2013

| suboffice3 = Crime Prevention

| subterm4 = 2010–2011

| suboffice4 = Culture

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

| party = Labour|

| spouse = {{marriage|James Robinson|2012}}

| alma_mater = University of Central England (BA)
University of London (MSc)

| otherparty = Alliance for Workers' Liberty (Formerly){{cite web|url=https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2016-03-02/many-interruptions-one-struggle|title=Many interruptions, one struggle |website=Workers' Liberty |accessdate=17 June 2024}}

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Gloria De Piero (born 21 December 1972) is a British broadcaster and former Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire from 2010 to 2019.

De Piero began her television career at the BBC and ITV, and was political editor of GMTV from 2003 to 2010. De Piero returned to broadcasting in 2020, and has been a presenter on GB News since 2021.

De Piero was appointed to the opposition front bench in 2010, and served in the shadow cabinets of Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn between 2013 and 2016.

Early life

Gloria De Piero was born on 21 December 1972 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England to Giorgio and Maddalena De Piero.{{cite book|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-251397|title=De Piero, Gloria|access-date=2 November 2019|publisher=A & C Black|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U251397|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103165058/https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-251397|archive-date=3 November 2019|url-status=live}} Her parents are Italian immigrants who moved to the United Kingdom to work in Bradford's textile mills. Her father had a mental health crisis when she was around the age of nine. This resulted in him requiring admissions to psychiatric hospitals throughout her childhood. His mental health meant that he could not continue to work, and De Piero's mother gave up her job to look after him, and the family lived on benefits.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/is-gloria-de-piero-britains-most-unlikely-mp-pg5l732tk|work=The Times|date=29 July 2017|access-date=3 November 2019|last=Turner|first=Janice|title=Is Gloria De Piero Britain's most unlikely MP?|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103165058/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/is-gloria-de-piero-britains-most-unlikely-mp-pg5l732tk|archive-date=3 November 2019|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}

De Piero attended Yorkshire Martyrs Catholic College where she obtained five GCSEs, and Bradford College where she gained two D A-levels. During her youth, De Piero was a member of Socialist Organiser, and joined the Labour Party's student wing Labour Students at the age of 18.{{cite web|url=http://www.workersliberty.org/node/26364|title=Many interruptions, one struggle|date=2 March 2016|access-date=27 May 2016|publisher=Alliance for Workers Liberty}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gloria-de-pieros-question-for-the-public-why-do-you-hate-me-8219888.html|first=Andy|last=McSmith|title=Gloria de Piero's question for the public: why do you hate me?|work=The Independent|date=22 October 2012|access-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701192753/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gloria-de-pieros-question-for-the-public-why-do-you-hate-me-8219888.html|archive-date=1 July 2019|url-status=live}} De Piero then studied sociology at the University of Central England (now Birmingham City University) and the University of Westminster, graduating with a first. She was involved in the Labour Students' campaign in 1996–1997 as one of its national officers based in London. Following the 1997 general election which resulted in the Labour Party winning in a landslide, De Piero applied for several government positions including as a special adviser, parliamentary researcher, and at left-wing think tanks, but failed to gain employment.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/basics/4393323.stm|title=1997: Labour landslide ends Tory rule|work=BBC News|date=15 April 2005|access-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901033201/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/basics/4393323.stm|archive-date=1 September 2017|url-status=live}}

Media career

De Piero worked as a researcher for ITV's Jonathan Dimbleby show. She then moved to the BBC where she worked at On the Record.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/gloria-de-piero-attention-everyday-sexists-beware-the-tv-girl-8876468.html|title=Gloria De Piero: Attention everyday sexists - beware the 'TV girl'|last=Merrick|first=Jane|date=13 October 2013|access-date=3 November 2019|work=The Independent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103165054/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/gloria-de-piero-attention-everyday-sexists-beware-the-tv-girl-8876468.html|archive-date=3 November 2019|url-status=live}} While working at the BBC, she completed a master's degree at Birkbeck, University of London.{{cite news|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2019/02/i-talked-my-leave-voting-constituents-about-brexit-what-i-learnt|title=I talked to my Leave-voting constituents about Brexit. This is what I learnt|work=New Statesman|last=De Piero|first=Gloria|date=8 February 2019|access-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103165056/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2019/02/i-talked-my-leave-voting-constituents-about-brexit-what-i-learnt|archive-date=3 November 2019|url-status=live}} From 2003 to 2010, she was the political editor for GMTV.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/7442377/Downing-Street-accused-of-dirty-tricks-over-plan-to-get-presenter-into-safe-seat.html|title=Downing Street accused of 'dirty tricks' over plan to get presenter into safe seat|date=14 March 2010|access-date=7 October 2019|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007111704/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/7442377/Downing-Street-accused-of-dirty-tricks-over-plan-to-get-presenter-into-safe-seat.html|archive-date=7 October 2019|url-status=live|work=The Daily Telegraph}}

On 2 June 2020, De Piero was announced as a presenter on the new Times Radio station.{{cite news |last1=Lerone |first1=Toby |title=Launch date and schedule revealed for Times Radio |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/06/launch-date-and-schedule-revealed-for-times-radio/ |access-date=2 June 2020 |work=RadioToday |date=2 June 2020}} She presented her own show on Friday mornings, and co-presented the Sunday morning political show G&T alongside the former political editor of The Sun, Tom Newton Dunn.{{cite news|url=https://www.news.co.uk/2020/06/gloria-de-piero-and-tom-newton-dunn-to-host-gt-times-radios-flagship-sunday-morning-political-show/|title=Gloria De Piero and Tom Newton Dunn to host 'G&T', Times Radio's flagship Sunday morning political show|work=News UK|date=2 June 2020|access-date=3 June 2020}} In April 2021 she announced that she was joining the weekday afternoon programme of GB News, a new TV channel.{{cite news|url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/former-notts-mp-gloria-de-5322464|title=Former Notts MP Gloria De Piero is latest signing for new TV channel GB News|work=Nottinghamshire Live|last=Whittaker|first=Anna|date=20 April 2021|access-date=20 April 2021}} In August it was announced that De Piero would host a new political programme on the channel: The Briefing: Lunchtime with Gloria De Piero.{{cite news |last1=Duffy |first1=Elle |title=GB News to launch four political programmes |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19504391.gb-news-launch-four-political-programmes/ |access-date=10 August 2021 |publisher=The Herald}} She launched interview show Gloria Meets on the network in November 2022.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/11/18/gay-men-vulnerable-abuse-parliament-says-tory-committee-chief/|last=Turner|first=Camilla|work=The Telegraph|title=Gay men 'most vulnerable' to abuse in Parliament, says Tory committee chief|date=18 November 2022}}{{subscription required}}

Parliamentary career

= 2010 to 2015 =

In February 2010, De Piero resigned as GMTV's political editor to seek selection as the Labour candidate for the Ashfield constituency in the 2010 general election. The candidacy became vacant following the announcement that the constituency's Labour MP, former Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, would be stepping down at the election.{{cite news|last=Sparrow|first=Andrew|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/feb/11/geoff-hoon-standing-down-election|title=Geoff Hoon to stand down at general election|work=The Guardian|date=11 February 2010|access-date=21 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021063955/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/feb/11/geoff-hoon-standing-down-election|archive-date=21 October 2013|url-status=live}} On 21 March, she was selected as the party's candidate.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/8578900.stm|title=Ex-GMTV reporter Gloria De Piero is Labour candidate|work=BBC News|date=21 March 2010}} De Piero was elected with a majority of 192 votes (reduced from 10,213 in 2005) after a 17.2% swing to the Liberal Democrats.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8653930.stm |title=Ex-TV reporter wins Labour seat of Ashfield |work=BBC News |date=7 May 2010}} During her election campaign, it was reported that she had posed for topless photographs for a modelling agency at the age of 15.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/7532898/Labour-candidate-posed-topless-as-a-teenager.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=Labour candidate posed topless as a teenager|date=28 March 2010|access-date=3 November 2019|last=Cockcroft|first=Lucy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103171526/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/7532898/Labour-candidate-posed-topless-as-a-teenager.html|archive-date=3 November 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10381942/Gloria-de-Piero-I-was-photographed-topless-at-15-so-I-know-why-girls-strip-off.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=Gloria de Piero: I was photographed topless at 15 so I know why girls strip off|date=16 October 2013|access-date=3 November 2019|last=Dixon|first=Hayley|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103171524/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10381942/Gloria-de-Piero-I-was-photographed-topless-at-15-so-I-know-why-girls-strip-off.html|archive-date=3 November 2019|url-status=live}} Three years later, an unnamed news agency attempted to buy the photographs on behalf of a national newspaper.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/17/gloria-de-piero-press-hunt-topless-pictures|work=The Guardian|title=Shadow minister Gloria De Piero asks press to 'call off hunt' for topless photos|date=17 October 2013|access-date=3 November 2019|last=Mason|first=Rowena|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103171527/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/17/gloria-de-piero-press-hunt-topless-pictures|archive-date=3 November 2019|url-status=live}} It later emerged that The Mail on Sunday had purchased the photographs in 2010. De Piero issued a legal warning to the newspaper that she had been underage when the photographs were taken and the negatives were returned to her with an apology.{{cite journal |date=29 November 2013|title=Street of shame |journal=Private Eye|issue=1354 |page=7 }}

In October 2010, Labour leader Ed Miliband appointed De Piero as a shadow culture minister.{{cite news|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/10/hon-state-secretary-whip|title=Shadow cabinet: junior appointments in full|work=New Statesman|access-date=19 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126074312/http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/10/hon-state-secretary-whip|archive-date=26 January 2016|url-status=live}} In the 2011 reshuffle, De Piero became Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention,{{cite web|url=http://www.totalpolitics.com/blog/261097/the-labour-reshuffle-whoand39s-up-and-whoand39s-down.thtml|title=The Labour reshuffle – who's up and who's down|work=Total Politics|access-date=19 January 2016|date=7 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128041148/http://www.totalpolitics.com/blog/261097/the-labour-reshuffle-whoand39s-up-and-whoand39s-down.thtml|archive-date=28 January 2016|url-status=live}} and in 2013, she was promoted to the shadow cabinet as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities.{{cite news|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/10/07/labour-appoints-former-gmtv-political-editor-gloria-de-piero-mp-as-shadow-minister-for-women-and-equalities/|title=Labour appoints former GMTV political editor Gloria de Piero MP as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities|work=PinkNews|access-date=19 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126135225/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/10/07/labour-appoints-former-gmtv-political-editor-gloria-de-piero-mp-as-shadow-minister-for-women-and-equalities/|archive-date=26 January 2016|url-status=live}}

In 2012, De Piero held a national roadshow called Why Do People Hate Me? to discover why voters were so disenchanted with politicians. She interviewed six groups of people including retired miners and warehouse workers.{{cite web|last=Piero|first=Gloria de|title=Why do people hate me?|url=https://labourlist.org/2012/09/why-do-people-hate-me/|access-date=6 September 2020|website=LabourList|date=19 September 2012 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/dec/31/labour-mp-gloria-de-piero|work=The Guardian|title='It's like I'm an axe murderer': MP tries to find out why voters hate politicians|last=Jowit|first=Juliette|date=31 December 2012}}

= 2015 to 2019 =

File:Gloria De Piero.jpg in 2015]]

At the 2015 general election, De Piero held Ashfield with an increased majority of 8,820.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000535|title=Gloria De Piero has successfully defended her Ashfield seat for Labour|work=BBC News|date=8 May 2015|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925223631/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000535|archive-date=25 September 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/Ashfield-Gloria-Piero-retains-seat-Labour/story-26464010-detail/story.html|title=Ashfield: Gloria de Piero retains seat for Labour|work=Nottingham Post|date=8 May 2015|publisher=Local World|access-date=10 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514172404/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Ashfield-Gloria-Piero-retains-seat-Labour/story-26464010-detail/story.html|archive-date=14 May 2015|url-status=dead}} In September 2015, De Piero was elected to the Labour Party's Conference Arrangements Committee with 109,888 votes.{{cite web|url=http://labourlist.org/2015/09/full-results-for-conference-arrangements-committee-and-national-policy-forum/|title=Full results for Conference Arrangements Committee and National Policy Forum|work=LabourList|access-date=19 January 2016|date=14 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123112015/http://labourlist.org/2015/09/full-results-for-conference-arrangements-committee-and-national-policy-forum/|archive-date=23 January 2016|url-status=live}} In new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's first shadow cabinet, De Piero was made Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Registration, a new shadow cabinet-level role.{{cite news|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2015/09/what-do-voters-make-jeremy-corbyn-so-far|title=What do the voters make of Jeremy Corbyn so far?|work=New Statesman|access-date=19 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121154244/http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2015/09/what-do-voters-make-jeremy-corbyn-so-far|archive-date=21 January 2016|url-status=live}} She resigned her shadow cabinet position on 26 June 2016, among dozens of her colleagues, believing Corbyn could not lead the party to a general election victory.{{cite news|title=Who's staying and who's going in the shadow cabinet?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36633158|access-date=28 June 2016|work=BBC News|date=27 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627142154/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36633158|archive-date=27 June 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Syal|first1=Rajeev|last2=Perraudin|first2=Frances|last3=Slawson|first3=Nicola|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/26/labour-shadow-cabinet-resignations-jeremy-corbyn-who-has-gone|title=Shadow cabinet resignations: who has gone and who is staying|work=The Guardian|date=27 June 2016|access-date=14 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722213447/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/26/labour-shadow-cabinet-resignations-jeremy-corbyn-who-has-gone|archive-date=22 July 2016|url-status=live}}

De Piero supported the UK remaining within the European Union (EU) in the 2016 UK EU membership referendum, and was present with Corbyn at the launch of the Labour In for Britain campaign.{{cite news |author=Telegraph Video, video source ITN |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/10/corbyn-launches-labour-in-for-britain-campaign-battlebus/ |title=Corbyn launches Labour In for Britain campaign battlebus |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=10 May 2016 |access-date=10 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111055021/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/10/corbyn-launches-labour-in-for-britain-campaign-battlebus/ |archive-date=11 January 2019 |url-status=live }} Approximately 70% of her constituents voted for the UK to leave the EU.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/09/deeply-divided-brexit-ashfield-residents-voice-their-differences |title='I don't like Brussels telling us what to do': how Ashfield feels about Brexit now |work=The Guardian |date=29 November 2017 |access-date=10 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111054904/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/09/deeply-divided-brexit-ashfield-residents-voice-their-differences |archive-date=11 January 2019 |url-status=live }} She supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.{{cite web|url=https://labourlist.org/2016/07/which-mps-and-meps-have-nominated-owen-smith/|title=Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith|date=21 July 2016|website=LabourList|access-date=15 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715214543/https://labourlist.org/2016/07/which-mps-and-meps-have-nominated-owen-smith/|archive-date=15 July 2019|url-status=live}}

At the June 2017 general election, De Piero's majority in Ashfield fell to just 441 votes.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/04/senior-labour-figures-clash-over-concerns-of-working-class-voters|work=The Guardian|title=Senior Labour figures clash over concerns of working-class voters|date=4 July 2017|access-date=3 November 2019|last=Syal|first=Rajeev|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103110554/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/04/senior-labour-figures-clash-over-concerns-of-working-class-voters|archive-date=3 November 2019|url-status=live}} The following month, she accepted a place in Corbyn's shadow front-bench team as Shadow Justice Minister.{{cite news |last=Elgot |first=Jessica |date=3 July 2017 |title=Jeremy Corbyn appoints clutch of unknowns to shadow frontbench |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/03/jeremy-corbyn-appoints-clutch-of-unknowns-to-shadow-front-bench |work=The Guardian |access-date=2 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503042633/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/03/jeremy-corbyn-appoints-clutch-of-unknowns-to-shadow-front-bench |archive-date=3 May 2018 |url-status=live }}

In the indicative votes on 27 March 2019, De Piero voted for the Norway-plus model, and to a customs union with the EU.{{cite news|url=https://ig.ft.com/brexit-exit-deal-vote/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902092554/https://ig.ft.com/brexit-exit-deal-vote/|archive-date=2 September 2019|date=29 March 2019|title=How MPs voted on May's withdrawal deal defeat|work=Financial Times}} After prime minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal was approved by Parliament, De Piero expressed regret that she failed to vote in favour of Theresa May's earlier Brexit proposal.{{cite tweet|number=1206183861576765441|user=GloriaDePiero|title=Yup. And I'll forever regret not doing this. I knew @CarolineFlintMP + others were right at the time but as I said…|date=15 December 2019}}

In July 2019, she resigned from the shadow front-bench and announced that she would not stand at the next general election. On 12 December 2019, she was succeeded as Member of Parliament for Ashfield, Nottinghamshire by politician Lee Anderson, her former office manager. Anderson was elected as a Conservative but now sits as a Reform UK MP.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-49056313|title=Gloria De Piero: Labour MP quits as shadow justice minister|date=20 July 2019|access-date=20 July 2019|work=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720114407/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-49056313|archive-date=20 July 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/02/labour-mp-gloria-de-piero-urges-women-to-change-parliament|work=The Guardian|title=Labour MP Gloria De Piero urges women to change parliament|date=2 November 2019|access-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103023940/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/02/labour-mp-gloria-de-piero-urges-women-to-change-parliament|archive-date=3 November 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gloria-de-piero-resigns-labour-corbyn-election-antisemitism-a9013286.html|work=The Independent|date=20 July 2019|access-date=3 November 2019|last=Cooper|title=Labour MP Gloria De Piero quits Corbyn's frontbench over 'intolerance'|first=Benjamin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103193554/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gloria-de-piero-resigns-labour-corbyn-election-antisemitism-a9013286.html|archive-date=3 November 2019|url-status=live}}

Personal life

De Piero married James Robinson in 2012. Robinson was a media correspondent at The Guardian, media editor at The Observer and an employee at PR firm Powerscourt. He was the director of communications for former deputy leader of the Labour Party Tom Watson.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jamesrobinson |title=James Robinson |work=The Guardian |access-date=2 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413212752/https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jamesrobinson |archive-date=13 April 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |first=Gideon |last=Spanier |url=http://business.standard.co.uk/2012/10/in-the-air-clarkson-is-driving-times-web-ads-push.html |title=In the air: Clarkson is driving Times web ads push |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022094223/http://business.standard.co.uk/2012/10/in-the-air-clarkson-is-driving-times-web-ads-push.html |archive-date=22 October 2012 |work=London Evening Standard |date=10 October 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/16/james-robinson-swaps-powerscourt-pr-for-tom-watson-spin|title=James Robinson swaps Powerscourt PR for Tom Watson spin|date=16 June 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=23 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324085516/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/16/james-robinson-swaps-powerscourt-pr-for-tom-watson-spin|archive-date=24 March 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Rayner |first=Gordon |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/26/project-jexit-how-labour-imploded-as-shadow-cabinet-tried-to-for/ |title=Project Jexit: how Labour imploded as shadow cabinet tried to force Jeremy Corbyn to quit |date=26 June 2016 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=23 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324084002/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/26/project-jexit-how-labour-imploded-as-shadow-cabinet-tried-to-for/ |archive-date=24 March 2017 |url-status=live }}

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