Labour (UK) hire Obama campaign chief David Axelrod

[Carruthers]

The Labour Party has appointed US election strategist David Axelrod as a strategic adviser on leader Ed Miliband's 2015 election campaign.

Mr Axelrod was a key architect of Barack Obama's victory over John McCain in the 2008 presidential race.

He will work alongside shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander, who is to run Labour's general election strategy.

Labour will pay Mr Axelrod a six-figure sum and use his consulting firm AKPD in its bid to win power.

Labour hire Obama campaign chief David Axelrod

Unfortunately, the edge was rather taken off this announcement when he was named in the press release as 'David Alexrod'.

Read on: Washington Times.

These things happen...