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The Sun: the Smart money's on Gordon getting a promotion

Gordon Smart: set to give the Sun a more Bizarre flavour?
Gordon Smart: set to give the Sun a more Bizarre flavour? Photograph: Ken McKay/Rex Features

What is the Scottish Sun editor Gordon Smart coming back to London to do? That’s what Monkey hears has tongues wagging at the Sun. There has been speculation internally that the former Bizarre columnist might return as a deputy editor following Geoff Webster’s recent departure. Webster was joint deputy editor with Simon Cosyns. But some have quashed that rumour. As usual, these things are about billing, so perhaps the man who has long been tipped for the top may end up as number three on the paper with some kind of “brackets” title or as an associate editor. But the real question is who wants him back? Is it News UK chief Rebekah Brooks or Rupert Murdoch himself? One thing is certain, whatever he ends up doing, Monkey predicts more splashy showbiz stories in the Sun.

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