So farewell then to Chris Mullin, 60, former editor of The Tribune newspaper, who has decided to quit politics at the next election (whenever that may be) and give up his seat as Labour MP for Sunderland South.
He says, rather honestly and refreshingly,: ‘My useful life in politics is over.’Axegrinder remembers young Mullin when he was a sub-editor at the BBC World Service in Bush House – way back when…
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