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was having an extramarital affair with an MP. It also named the woman in question, saying that such rumours had long been shared among
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Inquiry Act. At the start of his oral evidence to the Inquiry, Campbell admitted sending his evidence to "two or three journalists" and some friends. The order for Staines to appear was dropped.
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for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party campaign. This leak caused embarrassment to Hain's campaign as it included information on MPs who had not gone public with their support, as well as others who were supposed to be independent.
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proceedings if he did not release any documents, obtained from whistleblowers, relating to political activities by the Smith
Institute. Staines stated on his blog that he intends to protect his anonymous sources,
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reported that the Fawkes blog shared a fax number with
Staines. Although he subsequently refused to confirm the links, further media coverage continued to name Staines as Fawkes until the airing of a
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is ignoring it". Robinson responded via his own blog, accusing
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1907:"Guido Fawkes hires young Vote Leave talent and looks to boost video output on political blog site"
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website. In May 2006, Staines (as Guido Fawkes) co-authored a book with
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1933:"Guido Fawkes' Harry Cole joins Sun as Westminster correspondent"
1659:"Guido Fawkes: 'The Lying In Politics Is On An Industrial Scale'"
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protections, and the editor Paul Staines is resident in Ireland.
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734:"Guido Fawkes: a cross between a comic and a propaganda machine"
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readers explicitly, but instead an internet poll linked to the
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political website published by British-Irish political blogger
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1330:"Guido Fawkes owner Paul Staines on how the site makes money"
1302:"Alt-Right Ecosystem: Steve Bannon Tried to Buy Guido Fawkes"
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affair drew considerable extra traffic to Staines's blog.
1745:"Guido Fawkes: The blogger who knows the power of gossip"
1712:"Paul Staines: 'I pummel them until they beg for mercy'"
1062:"Heather Hopkins – UK: Guido Fawkes – Fair and Balanced"
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Christian Calgie, Senior Political Correspondent at the
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for publishing a picture of the undercover journalist
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630:"a cross between a comic and a propaganda machine".
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1252:"Tom Harwood, Darren McCaffrey join GB News team"
396:. Staines provided copies of these emails to the
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608:In 2014, at Guido's tenth anniversary party,
866:"BBC – Radio 4 – Profile – 10 February 2007"
429:In late November 2011 Staines posted on his
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2778:Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
1628:"New Statesman – The internet or something"
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2099:News International phone hacking scandal
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1526:"The Backlash Begins – Guy Fawkes' blog"
1419:"MPs can't distinguish right from legal"
937:The Little Red Book of New Labour Sleaze
358:Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
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2112:News Corporation takeover bid for BSkyB
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1826:"A Bleak Day for Political Blogging"
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759:"The Most Feared Man In Westminster"
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1462:Greenslade, Roy (24 January 2008).
1405:from the original on 30 April 2007.
1118:"GQ Give Guido Oxygen of Publicity"
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1847:Michael White (2 September 2010).
1689:"So Rosie, Where is Guido's Writ?"
1416:Hannan, Daniel (25 January 2008).
935:Dale, Iain; Fawkes, Guido (2006).
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280:Staines has said that
251:Our Man in Westminster
2346:Gerry and Kate McCann
2213:Harbottle & Lewis
995:on 28 September 2007.
966:Independent on Sunday
840:"Who you gonna call?"
137:Palace of Westminster
2611:Lord Justice Leveson
2245:Serious Fraud Office
1401:. 15 February 2007.
961:"Murdoch on warpath"
939:. Politico's Media.
894:. 12 February 2007.
451:Lord Justice Leveson
356:from the offices of
292:, once tried to buy
2391:Metropolitan Police
2223:Metropolitan Police
2028:. 10 February 2023.
1828:. Iain Dale's Diary
1638:on 10 February 2012
1574:. 27 November 2011.
1445:The Daily Telegraph
1425:The Daily Telegraph
1380:The Daily Telegraph
1142:. January 31, 2007.
1124:. 28 November 2011.
985:"Sheikh It Up Baby"
973:on 2 February 2008.
443:Metropolitan Police
89:Current status
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2783:Social engineering
2758:Operation Motorman
2719:Dial M for Murdoch
2711:In popular culture
2281:7/7 attack victims
2147:News International
1780:. Journalism.co.uk
1551:Article by Staines
1483:Smeargate timeline
1469:Guardian Unlimited
1451:on 7 January 2010.
1359:2009-09-02 at the
1193:O'Connell, Brian.
1098:on 1 December 2007
495:through discussion
337:Charity Commission
256:Documentary on One
183:News International
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1174:. RichAndMark.Com
1172:"RichAndMark.Com"
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598:News of the World
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