Sighs of relief (as well as the odd celebration) spread this weekend amongst Labour activists following the announcement of the departure of one of Labour headquarter’s most notorious “fixers” during the New Labour years. It comes as no surprise that Hilary Perrin (HP), the London Regional Director, is to leave the party staff as she was unlikely to survive the next round of “management restructuring”. Although it had ceased to be clear in whose interests HP and her fellow fixers on the party staff were acting once Tony Blair was succeeded by first Gordon Brown and then Ed Miliband, the fixing continued unabated. Continue reading →