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Ed Miliband 'urged Brown to sack Damian McBride' Ed Miliband 'urged Brown to sack Damian McBride'
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Ed Miliband says he urged Gordon Brown to sack Damian McBride over concerns the spin doctor was briefing against senior Labour colleagues.Ed Miliband says he urged Gordon Brown to sack Damian McBride over concerns the spin doctor was briefing against senior Labour colleagues.
Mr McBride, who worked for Mr Brown, admits in a new book that he leaked stories to smear the ex-PM's opponents.Mr McBride, who worked for Mr Brown, admits in a new book that he leaked stories to smear the ex-PM's opponents.
Mr Miliband - who worked with Mr McBride at the Treasury - said he had been "worried" about his activities.Mr Miliband - who worked with Mr McBride at the Treasury - said he had been "worried" about his activities.
And he had urged Mr Brown to get rid of the spin doctor, the Labour leader said in an interview with Andrew Marr.And he had urged Mr Brown to get rid of the spin doctor, the Labour leader said in an interview with Andrew Marr.
In his memoirs, being serialised in the Daily Mail, Mr McBride confesses to leaking details about the personal lives of Labour ministers seen as a threat to Gordon Brown's ambitions to replace Tony Blair as prime minister.
He suggests that Mr Brown was aware of his methods and had given his unspoken approval.
Mr McBride has also attempted to implicate Mr Miliband in the spin culture that prevailed in parts of the Labour government, suggesting he might "have problems" if email exchanges between Mr Miliband and Derek Draper came to light.
Mr Miliband has insisted that although he knew negative briefings were going on, he did not approve of them.
He told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme he found such behaviour "reprehensible" and stressed that there was no place for it in his Labour Party.
"People who know me will know I haven't engaged in the factionalism and briefing - and that's not my style of politics," he said.
He has previously said he had raised concerns about Mr McBride's behaviour with Mr Brown but went further in his Marr interview, saying he had urged the then chancellor to get rid of him.