The sting in today's already painful tale for Gordon Brown? The man he persuaded to be Labour's top official, the General Secretary, has changed his mind and pulled out. Cathy Newman reports.
Biography
Cathy joined Channel 4 News as political correspondent in January 2006 - the first on-screen newcomer to the political team for 11 years - and works alongside political editor Gary Gibbon.
Since joining, Cathy's scoops have included the revelation that five illegal immigrants worked at the Home Office, and Gordon Brown insisting on a knighthood for his ally, the Labour donor Sir Ronald Cohen.
Prior to arriving at Channel 4 News, Cathy worked as chief political correspondent for the Financial Times for three years. Before that she covered politics and media for the FT.
Cathy joined the FT from the Independent, where she was media business correspondent. She has also been a guest presenter on GMTV's Sunday programme.
During her ten years on Fleet Street, Cathy broke a string of stories about Stephen Byers, triggering Sir Richard Mottram's famous outburst: "We're all f**ked. I'm f*****. You're f*****... It's the biggest c**k-up ever ...".
She also revealed the arts minister Kim Howells description of the Turner prize as "conceptual bull****".
In 2000, Cathy won the prestigious Laurence Stern Fellowship, spending four months following in the footsteps of Woodward and Bernstein at the Washington Post.
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