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“Our quality, investigative journalism is a scrutinising force at a time when the rich and powerful are getting away with more and more”, says the Guardian in a fundraising plea to its readers.

So why has the paper recently appointed Amber de Botton, Rishi Sunak’s former director of communications, as its new chief communications officer?

Would Declassified employ a former propagandist for a Conservative prime minister as our director of communications?

We can’t envisage it. Why not?

Because they couldn’t be trusted to share our values. We’re about challenging Whitehall’s power not speaking for it. Could someone so easily morph from one to the other, simply by changing jobs?

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