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After the Sun

Source: The Guardian

Nov 09, 2009

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The tabloid's former political editor shocked colleagues by joining Portland PR just before a general election – but he denies the new editor had anything to do with it. He says the timing was 'all about him'

After more than 20 years as a journalist, George Pascoe-Watson has finally made it to Fleet Street. The former political editor of the Sun last week moved into a quiet alleyway tucked away behind the famous thoroughfare as a partner at the public relations consultancy Portland.

Fresh from the Sun's full-frontal assault on the Labour party at its annual conference, Pascoe-Watson stunned journalist colleagues when he announced his decision to join his old friend, Portland's founder Tim Allan, last month.

Why leave the job he had worked so hard for just ahead of a general election? His answer to this question – essentially that he was keen to get some business experience – will still leave many puzzled. "I've always had two ambitions. One was to be political editor of the Sun, which I've achieved and done four years at, and the other ambition I've always had w

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