Summary
THE Sunday Sun was the first newspaper to bring David Abrahams - the mystery man at the centre of Labour's funding nightmare - to the region's attention in a series of articles . . . all of 16 years ago. Here MIKE McGIFFEN, pictured, the paper's former chief reporter, news editor, assistant editor and deputy editor between 1991 and 2000, recalls an intriguing tale of power and deception.
THE story that led to David Abrahams' rise and fall from political grace twice in 16 years began on a March evening in 1991.See the full content of this document
Extract
How I Broke First Abrahams Story ; Labour Donations Chaos
Newly arrived at the Sunday Sun, I was about to call a truce in my battle with the quirks of the computer system and join my colleagues in the pub.
But the news desk phone rang and I spent the next two hours in an extraordinary conversation with a then anonymous caller.The Sunday Sun investigation carried out as a result of that interview led to the death of Abrahams' dream of becoming a Labour MP.But the nearly-forgotten, tawdry, twisting saga seemed to have been consigned to the dustbin of political his...See the full content of this document
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