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Paul Staines (born 11 February 1967) is a right-wing political blogger under the name Guido Fawkes. His blog was described by ''The Daily Telegraph'' as "one of Britain's leading political blogsites" in 2007.〔Graeme Wilson and Brendan Carlin. (Focus on Labour website in peerage row ). ''Daily Telegraph''. Retrieved 31 January 2007.〕 Since 2013 the ''Sun on Sunday'' newspaper has published a weekly Guido Fawkes column.〔http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/feb/15/guido-fawkes-paul-staines-interview〕 He was born in England but has since become an Irish citizen. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=So there was an Englishman, an Irishman and an I.D. card )〕 Staines acquired an interest in politics as a libertarian in the 1980s and did public relations for acid house parties in the early 1990s. He then spent several years in finance, first as a broker then as a trader. In 2001 he sued his fund's financial backer in a commercial dispute.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sprecher Grier Halberstam Llp & Anor v Walsh [2008] EWCA Civ 1324 (3 December 2008) )〕 Consequently Staines declared himself bankrupt in October 2003 after two years of litigation, and legal costs on both sides running into hundreds of thousands of pounds. In September 2004, Staines began the "Guido Fawkes Blog of plots, rumours and conspiracy". The name is an alternative of Guy Fawkes, and continues that symbolism with the masthead slogan "tittle tattle, gossip and rumours about Westminster's Mother of Parliaments. Written from the perspective of the only man to enter parliament with honest intentions. The intention being to blow it up with gunpowder..." In 2006, Staines co-founded MessageSpace, a digital advertising agency which operates an advertising network representing dozens of leading political websites. MessageSpace also advises political clients on digital campaigning using social media. In 2012 it advised the successful Boris Johnson London mayoral campaign. ''Private Eye'' reported in June 2012 that MessageSpace was advising the Russian Embassy in London on using social media. St Kitts and Nevis-based Global & General Nominees Limited (GGN) publishes the Guido Fawkes Blog. Staines describes himself as an "adviser" to GGN. He is a director of Global & General Nominees (Hong Kong) Limited. == Education and personal life == Staines was raised a Catholic, attending Salvatorian College Catholic grammar school in Harrow.〔(So London )〕〔—Staines features in this book written by Collin, the ex-editor of UK trend bible i-D magazine.〕 In 1981, he won the UK Atari Asteroids video games championship and went on to finish ninth in the world championships held in Washington D.C. He lives in Ireland and was a member of the now defunct Irish political party, the Progressive Democrats.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hung Parliament : LDs Should Learn from the PDs )〕 He holds Irish citizenship.〔 As a young man he was a member of the Social Democratic Party, sitting on the national executive of its youth wing,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Outed )〕 and the Conservative Party. In 2002, Staines was banned from driving for 12 months for driving under the influence. In 2008, Staines was again convicted of driving under the influence, his fourth alcohol-related offence and second drink-driving incident since he was banned from driving in 2002.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Staines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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